Western Mail 25 December 1901, page 62 The name of Coote and Maley is known throughout the East Murchison goldfield as brewers of the purest ale. Since this enterprising firm started operations in Lawlers they have continued to prosper, and although the gradual increase of business has from time to time necessitated the extension of […]
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.
Goongarrie Cemetery – they paid the price of the golden game
08/06/2024 By 1 Comment
The Goongarrie (AKA Goongarri) area was first prospected, before Hannans was discovered, by Pickersgill, Frost and Cahill in 1893. It was first known as ‘The Roaring Gimlet’ and afterwards, when it was at its most prosperous, The Ninety-Mile. If you have ever driven up to Menzies, I am sure you will have seen the two […]
Tommy Ningebong by Phil Bianchi
06/04/2024 By 2 Comments
My good friend and fellow historian, Phil Bianchi, recently wrote a book on the well-known bushman, tracker, drover and pastoralist Tommy Ningebong. Tommy was a highly regarded Aboriginal man from the Wiluna district. Phil tells me that every person he interviewed about Tommy for the book spoke of how Tommy was a such a genuine […]
Broad Arrow Cemetery – Kurawah
06/04/2024 By 6 Comments
For some time I have been working on my database of burials at the Broad Arrow Cemetery. My final total as of now, is 191 burials with 18 headstones (this is never set in stone and can change if new details come to light). Every cemetery provides a snapshot of the community at the time, […]
The Queen of White Feather –
23/03/2024 By Leave a Comment
The Queen of White Feather A true story of the introduction of the first barmaid in Kanowna in 1896 by John Drayton. Smith’s Weekly Sydney – 2 September 1922, page 24 TOM DOYLE, licensee of the Kanowna Hotel (White Feather) in 1896, introduced the first barmaid to the fields. There were, women in the camp, […]
