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 Diaries

A recent News Corp program featured the request from the State Records of NSW for members of the public to come forward if they have a family diary from ANZAC  to Afghanistan.  You can find out more information if you are interested by following this link: http://www.newscorpaustralia.com/news/news-corp-australia-and-state-library-new-south-wales-partner-bring-our-anzac-history-all    

My new car

Pets from the past 2

  What a wonderful photo of a young boy and his best friend!  

Pets from the Past (1)

Isaac Goss – A Christian Man in Every Sense – Grave tales

Issac William Goss Undertaker This is one of my favourite photographs. It is of the Goss family taken at their home in Piesse Street, Boulder in 1910.  The family was well known for their Undertakers business in Piesse Street, Boulder. Many of the headstones in our local cemeteries have their maker’s name on them.  This […]