Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 27th June 2021

Hello to all our readers Hope you have had a good week and you are keeping warm (depending on where you are). I recently had an email from someone who wanted to know all of the various sources for family and local history in the Kalgoorlie … [Continue reading]

With Mail to Marble Bar:

Australia's Longest Overland Mail from Meekatharra to Marble Bar. Western Australia. a distance of 1211 miles for the round trip. by John K Ewers  -  February 1935 Mundiwindi, Murramunda, Bald Hill, Noreena Downs. Nullagine ---  the very … [Continue reading]

A Sequel to ‘The Child of the Woodline”

You may remember some time ago that I shared with you this story of a little grave surrounded by the baby's own cot as a memorial. This story, which I have re-posted twice as it has been so popular has produced the most wonderful outcome. There have … [Continue reading]

Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem ???

We now have a new town on the Outback Family History website: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name … [Continue reading]

Donkey Power:

In the 1860's donkeys were first brought to Australia as pack animals to replace horses that had succumbed to native poisonous plants. Now numbering 5 million, they have been declared a pest, owing to their damage to vegetation and erosion of … [Continue reading]