Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
CUDDINGWARRA Latitude 27° 22' S Longitude 117° 47' E Cuddingwarra was a townsite in the Murchison goldfields near Cue. When gold was first discovered in the area in 1888, the place was known as "Dead Finish", but when the government … [Continue reading]
Recently Outback Family History reader, Peter Sirr, sent me the following photograph of a baby's grave in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. It appears to have been most carefully made from tin possibly by his father. Charles Robert Leslie FINN Age 1year … [Continue reading]
Mulwarrie is an abandoned townsite in the North Coolgardie Goldfield of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, 125 km northwest of Kalgoorlie, between Davyhurst and Mulline. It was originally known as Mount Higgins; gold was first … [Continue reading]
Hi Everyone We have had an amazing week with over 68 new people joining our mailing list (the most ever). I have no idea how this came about, perhaps our readers have been asking their friends to join us - whatever the reason you are all most … [Continue reading]
On the 23rd of September 1903 in Gwalia Street, Leonora Western Australia an event would take place that would start a string of family tragedies. The event was the death of a little girl, Eileen Margaret Doyle. She died of Tonisilitis and Bronchitis … [Continue reading]
