Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Davyhurst Cemetery - Western Australia - GPS Latitude and longitude 30° 03’.82s 120° 38’.70e The Davyhurst Cemetery has 45 people buried there. Davyhurst is a Goldfields town that is situated southwest of Menzies, Western Australia, … [Continue reading]
Peter Dennis Kavanagh joined the Police Force when he was twenty-one. How he crushed the gold stealing industry on the Golden Mile has now gone down in history. He was tutored by that wonderfully astute Excise Inspector – John Mitchell … [Continue reading]
SWAGMAN UNKNOWN. Age About 5O. The body of a swagman was recently found and buried in the bush out from Coolgardie. His name was unknown, and he was about 50 years of age. 1st Aug 1915. In the loose mould Out from … [Continue reading]
Hi Everyone, I hope you have had a good week and you got some of the wonderful rain that we have been having, where ever you are. I receive on average about 20-25 emails and messages per day about family and local history matters. Mose queries are … [Continue reading]
From the family records of Grant Waters, with thanks: In the 1890s (possibly 1894), my Great Great Grandfather, Arundel William Waters, and two of his brothers, Thomas Waters and William Henry Waters shipped their horse teams to Western Australia … [Continue reading]
