Hilda Jarvis (Nee Jones) ‘The Goat Lady’. This is a photo of her taken in 1990 by Roger Garwood and features in his book ‘Off Like Flies’. I was lucky to meet both her and her son George. Towards the end of her life she had to move into town and lived at the ‘Little […]
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
Can you help?? – Towns and Places on the Goldfields of Western Australia
16/05/2015 By 15 Comments
This map shows the area covered by the www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au web site:- The area surrounded in yellow covers almost two thirds of the state and includes the Shires of, Wiluna, Meekatharra, Laverton, Murchison, Yalgoo, Mt Magnet, Cue, Sandstone, Leonora, Menzies and Kalgoorlie/Boulder. The following map of the British Isles superimposed onto the map of Western Australia […]
Harry ‘Tambo’ Taylor – Stockman of the Never Never
14/05/2015 By 2 Comments
On the 19th May 1924, Harry ‘Tambo ’Taylor applied to receive the old-age pension having reached the age of 65yrs. His application was refused as he couldn’t show proof of his age. Harry was born to an aboriginal mother and an Irish father on the Glenalvon Station NSW in 1859. He had his mother’s skin […]
International Nurses Day – Nurse Mary Mulder
12/05/2015 By Leave a Comment
The 12th May is International Nurses Day. I would like to remember Nurse Mary Mulder. This photograph was taken in Kalgoorlie on the 18th March 1895 Portrait of Nurse Mary Mulder in early outdoor uniform.. Listed under the Health Act 1911 Mid wives Registration Board (Publication:- Victoria Hobbs “But Westward Look” (Nursing in WA 1829-1979) […]
Fancy Dress Friday – Japanese Girls
01/05/2015 By 2 Comments
Fancy Dress Balls and school performances were a very popular events in the early goldfields. A great deal of time must have been spent making the costumes as many were very elaborate. They would usually be in groups of four, six, eight and sometimes more. Each would have a ‘theme’ and the groups were called […]
