Kalgoorlie Western Argus – 25 December 1900, page 50 The Grave of Thomas O’Donnell one of the Ullaring Pioneers. O’DONNELL Thomas M, died 12 May 1898 aged about 41yrs, at the Mountain Daisy Lease, Ullarring. He was buried by Police constable Alfred Thompson HOY, Witnesses were John JENNINGS and William LAMB. His occupation was Prospector […]
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 Golden Wedding – pioneer profile
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Golden Wedding Group MR. AND MRS. UREN, of Kelmscott, and their Decendants. Western Mail – Perth – 1 October 1915, page 7 On Saturday, September 18, Mr. and Mrs Uren of Kelmscott, celebrated their golden wedding (50yrs) in the presence of all their, children and grand children, numbering 25. Mr. and Mrs. Uren […]
The Welsh Newspaper editor and his Australian Gold Mine
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The following fascinating article was written by a reader, Alwyn Evans, a keen Welsh historian. It was first published in ‘Wales Online’ The full story is now published as a book, with supporting references and illustrations by Hesperian Press: From Wales to Gwalia A Swansea editor and his Australian goldmine by Alwyn Evans A long […]
The Healthy Ways of the Goldfields by Amanda Lovitt
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Dr Edward Willis Way was born in England on 6th October 1846. He travelled to South Australia with his family as a small child, arriving 14th November 1850. Dr E Willis Way as he was common referred to, studied at both Guys’ Hospital London and the University of Edinburgh. He was involved in a Royal […]
Hyland’s Circus by Lyn Beard
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Lyn Beard “Courtesy of Mandurah Family History Society Newsletter, October 2020″. Hyland’s Circus I wonder how many researchers can actually say they have found an ancestor who ran away to join the circus. Well, I am not one with such adventurous folk in my family but in the course of my research for Outback Grave […]
