Western Mail – Perth – 3 June 1937, page 11 The Peak and the Flood. Dear “Non-Com.” The early days of the goldfields can never be written up fully except with the aid of official records and the memoirs of the experiences of individuals. Looking back about 40 years I often wonder at the stamina […]
Sydney Ernest Coe – grave tales
21/08/2021 By 3 Comments
Sydney Ernest COE was born on the 17th March 1892 in St Paul, Hammersmith, Fulham London. He was the oldest son of Andrew COE and Harriet Mary nee IRVING. On the 12th April 1919, he married Rosina Mary SPARY at Walthamstow, Essex, England. The couple had three children born in England – Sydney Andrew born […]
Death at Dingo Creek –
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Some time ago I received a request for assistance from Graeme Hughes in New Zealand. He was trying to find the burial of a relative, his Gt Gt Grandfather, George VOYSEY. He understood that he had died in 1896 at Niagara, but after looking at the burials for this cemetery on the Outback Family History […]
A Tonsorial Dynasty –
21/08/2021 By 5 Comments
The Mickle family have established a dynasty of Hairdressers (Tonsorial Artists) and tobacconists in Western Australia. Starting in the Murchison and Northern Goldfields the four brothers and a nephew had premises in Menzies, Mt Magnet, Kookynie, Laverton and Wiluna and Meekatharra. They would also open a business in Narrogin in later years. The four sons, […]
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor –
14/08/2021 By Leave a Comment
A Wandering Pommy: the story of Dr Dale OBE “Search Parties Unsuccessful” The mysterious disappearance of Dr. Dale, who has been missing from Kookynie since Saturday last, has caused his friends in Kookynie great uneasiness. It appears that the doctor, who has been practicing at Mr. M. Schneider’s pharmacy during the past five months, went […]
