Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
John B Ryan was also known as 'Old Jack' died near the end of November 1905, it is thought his age was about 60yrs. He was found on Sturt Meadows Station by a boundary rider some distance from Diorite King in the Leonora District. Jack was an … [Continue reading]
There's a shaker up the gully, There's a paddock partly stripped And a shovel, pick and dishes lying round And a little heap of tailings Lying underneath the sieves And a heap of hopper stones upon the ground. But the hand that shook the … [Continue reading]
Yerilla Cemetery The First Burial Distressing Complications From the Goldfields Morning Chronicle 26th March 1897 - On Monday morning 22 March 1897 Mr. Simon Elliott, age 63 yrs, manager of the Yerilla Claims died suddenly at GM Lease 64R. He was … [Continue reading]
Mary Eliza Dirksey WITTENOOM was born in Perth WA on the 8th of October 1839, She was the oldest daughter of John Burdett WITTENOOM and Mary Watson HELMS who were both born in England. Mary married Kenneth BROWN in 1859 in Perth WA and had their … [Continue reading]
Western Mail - Perth - 7 November 1940, page 9 OLD PEAK HILL. The Men Who Passed Through. By Suter Abis, Inglewood. At the Peak Hill Co's battery was a young Englishman employed as amalgamator. Many of the old 'Peakites' … [Continue reading]
