Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Hi to all our readers! Firstly I would like to announce the winner of our 'Subscribers Only' book prize, Our Shadows by Gail Jones. It is Charmaine Edwards who is also celebrating her birthday today believe so 'Happy Birthday' as well Charmaine. I … [Continue reading]
Western Mail - Perth - 3 June 1937, page 11 The Peak and the Flood. Dear "Non-Com." The early days of the goldfields can never be written up fully except with the aid of official records and the memoirs of the experiences of individuals. … [Continue reading]
Sydney Ernest COE was born on the 17th March 1892 in St Paul, Hammersmith, Fulham London. He was the oldest son of Andrew COE and Harriet Mary nee IRVING. On the 12th April 1919, he married Rosina Mary SPARY at Walthamstow, Essex, England. The couple … [Continue reading]
Some time ago I received a request for assistance from Graeme Hughes in New Zealand. He was trying to find the burial of a relative, his Gt Gt Grandfather, George VOYSEY. He understood that he had died in 1896 at Niagara, but after looking at the … [Continue reading]
The Mickle family have established a dynasty of Hairdressers (Tonsorial Artists) and tobacconists in Western Australia. Starting in the Murchison and Northern Goldfields the four brothers and a nephew had premises in Menzies, Mt Magnet, Kookynie, … [Continue reading]
