Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Where is Box Creek you may ask? As I did myself back in 2000, (I can't believe it was so long ago), when I received a letter from a lady in Queensland about a distant relative of hers called Ronald Donald McMillen who was supposed to be buried in the … [Continue reading]
In last week's' Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales,' you may have read the story of the Hay family. While getting the story ready for the blog, which was sent to me by Nick Allan, I made a mistake in the name of one of the hotels his family ran. I got … [Continue reading]
Hi Everyone, hope your week has been better than ours. Sadly one of our beloved dogs has been diagnosed with cancer of the jaw bone and it has thrown us all into shock and sadness. We have decided that we will not put her through the drastic surgery … [Continue reading]
The following photograph is of the headstone and grave of Bridget Delia Oates, who was the beloved wife of Richard Knight Oates, born in County Clare Ireland on 28 Jan 1873. She died at Kalgoorlie on the 17th Sep 1909 aged 37 years. This photograph … [Continue reading]
Calanchinis on the Eastern Goldfields Of Western Australia by Chris Clark Calanchini brothers - In the last decade of the nineteenth century three brothers with the very Italian-sounding surname of Calanchini but anglicised forenames (Peter, … [Continue reading]
