Simon Rose Fraser – grave tales

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I was recently contacted by my friend and grave photographer extraordinaire, Danielle Warnock, about a query she had received from Duncan Fraser, about the grave of Simon Rose Fraser, his Great Uncle, buried in the … [Continue reading]

Uncle Jack – a tree to remember him

I was recently contacted by Jeannine Nolan who has very kindly allowed me to tell the story of her Great Uncle Jack. She came to get in touch through a story I did last year about John Hindhaugh. There may be a family connection as Emily Marion … [Continue reading]

Turning the Sod

Follow my blog with Bloglovin The Mirror - Perth  28 August 1937, page 23 Kalgoorlie Brewery's Record of Progress, Maker of Big K Ale and Stout & Hannan Lager ONLY one of the 19 breweries once trading on the Goldfields … [Continue reading]

The Amazing Escapades of Margaret Bale part 2

Follow my blog with Bloglovin The previous week On the 22nd December 1909, a young woman called Margaret Bale disappeared in Perth WA. She was booked to travel from Kalgoorlie to England on the 6th January 1910. She was eventually … [Continue reading]

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 25th April 2021

How has your week been, some of you I know are again in lockdown if you are in Western Australia, but where ever you are in the world I hope that all is well with you. This weekend was supposed to be three days of moving the contents of my already … [Continue reading]