About Outback Family History

Outback Family History was founded in 2009 by Sandy Duncan and Moya Sharp. The aim was simple, to make the local and family history on the rich and diverse Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia available to everyone free of charge.

The web site was originally called "And All So Far From Home" and this site was left to me by my dear friend and fellow researcher Shyama Peebles, you can read more about this on my 'Acknowledgements' page.

When my good friend and research partner Sandy Duncan passed away after a long and brave fight against cancer in 2012 I promised her I would carry on the work. I now continue to carry on without my two closest friends. Of all the extensive information contained in the site at this moment the amount of data still to add makes it only the tip of the iceberg.

Thanks to the wonderful work of 'Design Sense' in making my site look and work wonderfully I can now concentrate all my effort on new information for the site and my blog.

The upkeep of the site relies solely on sponsored advertising and donations. The use of the information is free to everyone for personal or research purposes. I am committed to continuously add new information and to actively seek out new records and to provide a permanent source of reference to everyone with a common interest in the history of the goldfields.

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 27th June 2021

Hello to all our readers Hope you have had a good week and you are keeping warm (depending on where you are). I recently had an email from someone who wanted to know all of the various sources for family and local history in the Kalgoorlie Boulder area, and also how each group/body was set […]

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 20th June 2021

Hi Everyone Well this week I have made it official at last by having a cover designed for me by Design Sense for an upcoming publication which is going to be ‘The Best of Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales’ There are over 1200 stories on the Outback Family History Blog at the moment so enough […]

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 13th June 2021

Hi Everyone, I hope you have had a good week and you got some of the wonderful rain that we have been having, where ever you are. I receive on average about 20-25 emails and messages per day about family and local history matters. Mose queries are easy to reply to and others take a […]

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 6th June 2021

Hi Everyone How has your week been???  It was touch and go as to this week’s newsletter happening at all. Two days with hardly any internet than having to set up a new laptop, a swap with my husband who now has a new ‘work from home’ laptop. I’m sure everyone who has set up […]

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 30 May 2021

Hope you are keeping warm on this chilly day. My new filing cabinet is here and now I’m waiting on my new desk to arrive. I’ve been told that no one uses filing cabinets anymore, how odd!!! Some things that have ‘turned up’ in the office move. A large box of photographs that my friend […]