Dear Readers Due to a computer problem, I'm afraid that I won't be able to send a newsletter out this Sunday. Im sure all will be fixed by next week. … [Continue reading]
The Gaston Family from Marjory Burton
30/06/2022 By Leave a Comment
I was recently sent some interesting information and photographs on the Gaston family from Marjory Burton. Her Gt Grandfather was George Gaston. The Gastons originally came from South Australia and before that from Sussex, England. They were Charles … [Continue reading]
The Matron and the Major – Nurse Annie Jones
24/06/2022 By Leave a Comment
In early 1896 Annie Jones from Bendigo Victoria was nursing in the Government hospital at Cue, Western Australia. While she was recovering from a mild form of typhoid fever, word came by camel train that Mr. Magnus Maxton Calder, a member of the … [Continue reading]
First Female Police Officer – Helen Dugdale
24/06/2022 By Leave a Comment
There are many 'Firsts' that have occurred in the Goldfields and one of them is that we had the first female police officer, Helen Blanche Dugdale who was appointed from Kalgoorlie. The Police Historical Society have recognised the contribution of … [Continue reading]
Bridget Delia OATES – grave tales
24/06/2022 By Leave a Comment
The following photograph is of the headstone and grave of Bridget Delia Oates, who was the beloved wife of Richard Knight Oates, born in County Clare Ireland on 28 Jan 1873. She died at Kalgoorlie on the 17th Sep 1909 aged 37 years. This photograph … [Continue reading]
