Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Western Mail Perth - 25 April 1908, page 14 In Search of the Diprotodon Expedition to Sullivans Creek by Charles P Conigrave Visitors to the Museum will probably be familiar with the fine skeleton of that great extinct marsupial, … [Continue reading]
Yunndaga was originally known as Woolgar: The staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916- Thomas ELLIS back row far left, Centre back row is Arthur BELDON. A new town has recently been added to the Outback Family History website. … [Continue reading]
While conducting extensive research into those buried who are buried in the Cue Cemeteries, John Pritchard came across this unusual story about the death of a man who was among the earliest burials in the most unusual circumstances. BURDETT Robert … [Continue reading]
The Homestead Leases, or more correctly Miners Homestead Leases (MHL), were issued under the mining laws of the time – until the demise of the 1904 Mining Act in 1982. These laws allowed bonafide miners/prospectors who held a Gold Mining Lease (GML) … [Continue reading]
Dolly Pot - Western Mail, Perth - 21 November 1940, page 8 OVER THE PLATES An Unlucky Gamble. DEAR "Non-Com," Early in the "Roaring Nineties," Billy Collins, Ned Campion, Barney - and I were camped at a pool ten miles west of Cue. At the … [Continue reading]
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