Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
This wonderful story and photographs have been shared with the kind permission of Brian Randall- William Schofield Randall The evangelist on the Goldfields of Western Australia Appointed in 1895 to the opening of the Salvation Army Corps in … [Continue reading]
The Sun, Kalgoorlie: 24 March 1907, page 9 MARRIAGE OF A RUE DE BROOKMAN RESIDENT. The foundations of goldfields society were shaken to their bedrock bottom on Wednesday morning, last, when the "Kalgoorlie Miner" issued the … [Continue reading]
Charles Robert Ogilvie Cumbrae-Stewart was born on 17 February 1867 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the son of Francis Edward STEWART and Agnes Catherine PARK. His father Francis Edward Stewart came to New Zealand as a child with his … [Continue reading]
The Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial currently has the names engraved of 1492 people who have lost their lives due to a workplace accident on a mine. Each and every name has a story to tell. This story is just one of many. On Anzac Day 1932 … [Continue reading]
Western Mail - Perth - 25 January 1908, page 27 EARLY GOLDFIELDS DAYS. Mrs. Arthur Dusantoy was the first woman in Dunnsville, and kept the first Post Office at that place, a rude structure, but typical of the buildings of the early … [Continue reading]
