Death from Typhoid Fever was common around the turn of the 19th century. Many of the victims were fit young men who could succome to the disease and perish very quickly as this story of a young Police Constable, who had been on the Goldfields less than 6 months, will tell. The following is an […]
An Irish Romancer – The Search for the Real Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore
09/08/2015 By 2 Comments
AN IRISH ROMANCER: THE SEARCH FOR THE REAL WALTER ROBERT FITZGERALD-MOORE Walter Moore, if that was his real name!, was my grandfather, but he died 25 years before I was born. His origins are shrouded in mystery and even the circumstances of his death – “in the arms of his mistress” as my father so bitterly put it – […]
Dan Shea – Discovered Gold With Paddy Hannan
10/04/2015 By 5 Comments
Dan Shea Headstone : 12-November-2011 Photographs supplied by Derek Graham Memorial headstone in memory of prospector Dan Shea who discovered gold with Paddy Hannan in Kalgoorlie. Dan Shea was born in County Cork, Ireland, and emigrated in 1868 to prospect on the goldfields of Australia and New Zealand. He teamed up with Paddy Hannan and Tom Flanagan […]
George GAYFORD, Prospector – grave tales
05/04/2015 By Leave a Comment
This is a photograph of George Gayford, a prospector, taken about 1935 in Wilina. He died the same year as this photo was taken. He is buried in the Wiluna Cemetery I have always thought this image captures the hard life of the prospector in the early days. How tough must he have been to […]
Tragedy and Bravery on the Black Range!
27/12/2014 By 1 Comment
The Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial has the names engraved of 1492 people who have lost their lives due to an accident on a mine. Each and every name has a story to tell. This story is just one of the hundreds. On Anzac Day 1932 an accident occurred at the Old Oroya GM (near Sandstone). […]
