Sunday Times 28 June 1908, page 3 BLACK RANGE PIONEERS “Where is ”Frenchy ?” There appeared in a recent issue of the Sunday Times, a paragraph relating to the original discoverers of Black Range, fourteen years ago in 1892. It was founded on the statement of one of them, McIntyre, as was published in the […]
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
Edward ‘Doo Dah’ Sullivan –
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SULLIVAN Edward alias ‘Doo-dah” or “Dido” died 2 Jul 1896 age 36yrs – buried 2 miles north of Leonora. For some years his old barrow and some of his equipment reposed by his grave, but gradually they disappeared. Sir John Forrest later arranged to have a headstone and fence to be erected. A pioneer prospector […]
First WA Union and Labor Congress 1899:
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Back Row: John Reside (A.C.D.C.A), R Hancock (Trades and Labor Council), Robert Hastie (AWA), William Fraser (AWA), James W Nevill (AWA), M H O’Connor (AWA), L Larney (Loco Drivers Assoc), William Stewart (AWA), J McCarthy (Bootmakers Union) Middle Row: R Balmire, R Pugh (Bakers Union), S R Hill (Boilermakers) , Fergie Reid (AWA), W Diver […]
Kalgoorlie Electric Tramway Employees
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Did you know that there is a list of the employees of the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways on the Outback Family History website? You can see the list at – https://bit.ly/3qNSf2t A copy of the employment record can be requested by emailing research@outbackfamilyhistory.com.au
Annie McCulloch – grave tales
07/09/2019 By 5 Comments
The following grave is in the Presbyterian section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, grave number 3625. The surroundings are in poor condition, and all the tiles and immortelles are missing, but the headstone at least is intact. Three people from one family are buried here. First, a little girl, Annie Danella Muir Roy MCCULLOCH ‘Ella’, who […]
