John ALVES was aged 35yrs and his occupation was as a Carrier, He was the son of John ALVES (Farmer) and Margaret McCAUGHEY. The bride, Mabel TAYLOR, was aged 17 yrs and was the daughter of George TAYLOR and Alice RICHARDSON. The witnesses to the marriage were Albert MUIR and A P RICHARDSON. Back row: […]
The people of the Goldfields
The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things
A Racing Man from Tipparary – grave tales
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FATAL MINING ACCIDENT IN THE PERSEVERANCE MINE – MAN FALLS DOWN A PASS. Richard Ryan, a well known citizen of Boulder, met with an instantaneous death in the Great Boulder Perseverance. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 17 March 1908, page 17 On Wednesday 11th March about 9.30 a.m. the deceased and a mate, Albert Matthews, were working […]
Tragedy at Cue:
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Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader 6 November 1897, page 3 Tragedy at Cue. A FATHER SHOT DEAD BY HIS YOUNG SON. A terrible tragedy was enacted here this afternoon, by which Mr. John Scriver SNOW was shot by His youngest son. Mr Snow was proprietor of the shooting gallery near the Excelsior Hotel in […]
The Prince and the Diggers Daughter:
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Nambucca and Bellinger News 6 May 1932, page 5 A TALE OF THE GOLDFIELDS written by JAMES GRAYSON When gold is calling, however tortuous the road, civilised men all the world over (and some women, too) will overcome all apparent impossible obstacles, reaching their objective often in the last stage of endurance. How strange it […]
Matron Emily Hart by Marion Ward:
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Thanks to Marion Ward for researching this amazing woman. She’s a real heroine of the bush. This history was researched to hopefully provide the provenance of a collection of jewelry, which was donated to a suburban historical society. I was Keeper of Records at the society and decided to undertake the task of research as […]
