Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Hi Everyone - How are you all keeping? Halfway through July all ready can you believe it? My husband is already counting down the days to spring. A big thank you to all those of you who responded to my request last week to let me know of any … [Continue reading]
Sun Kalgoorlie Sunday 16 March 1902 Brandon's fate A TALE OF DARLOT by Pharisee. The eager, excited crowd which thronged the long dry stage to the Darlot diggings in the first blush of the new discovery, included Dick Brandon and his … [Continue reading]
CUDDINGWARRA Latitude 27° 22' S Longitude 117° 47' E Cuddingwarra was a townsite in the Murchison goldfields near Cue. When gold was first discovered in the area in 1888, the place was known as "Dead Finish", but when the government … [Continue reading]
Recently Outback Family History reader, Peter Sirr, sent me the following photograph of a baby's grave in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. It appears to have been most carefully made from tin possibly by his father. Charles Robert Leslie FINN Age 1year … [Continue reading]
Mulwarrie is an abandoned townsite in the North Coolgardie Goldfield of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, 125 km northwest of Kalgoorlie, between Davyhurst and Mulline. It was originally known as Mount Higgins; gold was first … [Continue reading]
