I have just completed entering the biographies on the people who are buried in the Broad Arrow Cemetery. Every cemetery provides a social and family history snapshot of the town where its located. Accident and disease show no favorites. I hope that this small section of deaths will provide a good example to compare to […]
Towns and places
The Eastern Goldfields is made up of hundred towns both big and small. Outback Family History would like to bring you a collection of stories about some of these abandoned towns which you may never have heard of. Some may only have been there for a few years and now very little remains of the small thriving communities.
Kookynie people and places:-
26/05/2018 By Leave a Comment
Robert James REA’S EMPORIUM After a round of experience on the fields, MR. R. J. Rea was one of the first, if not the first, to secure a business block, and start operations in Kookynie. Mr Rea, attracted by wondrous tales of gold, came to this State in April, 1895, and entered into business […]
Paddington’s Old Cemetery – a verse
19/02/2018 By Leave a Comment
In Kalgoorlie’s north, away out in the scrub Where nobody’s shoulders you’re likely to rub On an old winding track one scarcely could see Well hidden by bush is an old cemetery. And those lonely old graves with headstones of white Would appear to be ghosts should you pass by at night. Here graves are […]
Lawlers Update – book review
03/09/2017 By 9 Comments
This book is a rare publication and is very hard to find. It was written by Lyn Hatch to celebrate the centenary of the town of Lawlers. The book was published by Plutonic mining who also published a book on Darlot. LAWLERS Latitude 28° 05′ S Longitude 120° 31′ E The townsite of Lawlers is […]
Yalgoo – ghost towns
05/06/2017 By Leave a Comment
I have just received the following photographs from an OFH reader, Mary Forward. They are shown here with her permission. Many thanks Mary, they are wonderful. They are also on the Outback Family History Web site @ https://www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au/records/town.php?town=Yalgoo
