Rolls of Honour

The Goldfields has many 'Rolls of Honour' from the Boer war through to the Vietnam war both in public places and in private building. This is a collection of some of the more hard to find rolls, listing those who fought and those who died.

Honour Board Boorara/ Waterfall/Golden Ridge – where is it now?

As this is the Centenary of the beginning of WW1 I wonder if anyone knows the location of this honour board. The photo was taken in 1961 at a ceremony to unveil an obelisk at Boorara/Waterfall/Golden Ridge. The honour board, which looks like it was brought out for the ceremony, show the names of the […]

North Kalgoorlie School Cadets

North Kalgoorlie School Cadets, Winners of the Best Shooting School Cadets 1909 Back Row ? SMITH – Jack BACKHOUSE, Captain: Lionel JEFFRIES – E STRANGER – Eric LEAN – Front Row: Royce WOODHEAD – Tom CLEMENTS -B CAPLE – Sid KINGS Young Royce Woodhead would have been 14 yrs old in this photograph although he […]

Pets from the past 2

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

Re Launch – 26.08.2013

On Monday the 26th August 2013 I will be re launching my ‘new look’ web site with the help of the team at Design Sense, which has been several years in the making @ www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au. It has been an exiting journey and I have learnt a lot about myself and what people really want to see. […]