The wedding of the daughter of the North Kalgurli mine, Annie Nutman, was celebrated in style. This photograph shows the wedding party at the home of the brides parents and it looks like no expense was spared. The church where the wedding took place was St Michael and All Angels, Brownhill. The ceremony must have […]
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
Anzac Service – St George’s Church Boulder
25/04/2015 By 8 Comments
This photograph shows the St George’s Presbyterian Church in Moran Street Boulder ready for the Anzac Service on the 26th April 1931. In the far right you will see displayed the Honour Board which is today in the keeping of the Goldfields War Museum. It has the names of 114 service men and members of the […]
First Mayor of Coolgardie – James Shaw
24/04/2015 By 2 Comments
James Shaw was born in 1846 in Belfast Ireland, his father was Hugh Shaw, an engineer and his mother was Margaret, they married in Victoria. In 1864, age 18, James Shaw sailed to Auckland New Zealand where he started a contracting business which was most successful. He also won a service medal for fighting in […]
BONNIEVALE – The Mincham Family
21/04/2015 By 3 Comments
This photograph which is one of many Goldfields photographs belonging to the ‘Mincham Family Photos’ collection and shows Eliza Mincham seated outside her home (left) with a friend and their children (and dog). Eliza was to have four children all born at Bonnievale before she and her husband Charles Stephen Mincham left in 1907 and moved […]
Monthly Goldfields History Book Giveaway – April 2015
10/04/2015 By Leave a Comment
Goldfields History Book Giveaway April 2015. Go into my free draw to win a copy of the Golden Quest Discovery Trail Guide Book. Either click on the ‘Giveaway’ tab on the Outback Family History Facebook page or follow this link to be in the draw:- Entry is free and closes on the 30th April […]
