Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
The infomation in the following stories was kindly supplied by Gary Cowans, and is re produced with his permission. In 1876 at the age of 19, Gustave Schmidt moved from Victoria where he was born to NSW and purchased land 8 miles SW of Moulamein. … [Continue reading]
"Auralia" and the goldfields separation movement A map printed in 1900, to accompany a petition to Queen Victoria, showing the boundaries of the proposed "Colony of ‘Auralia’. Auralia The move to separate the Western Australian goldfields … [Continue reading]
Sunday Times 28 June 1908, page 3 BLACK RANGE PIONEERS "Where is ''Frenchy ?" There appeared in a recent issue of the Sunday Times, a paragraph relating to the original discoverers of Black Range, fourteen years ago in 1892. It was … [Continue reading]
Gone but not Forgotten - Annie Bell. An interesting tale about a grave in the Boulder cemetery. I was contacted last by Peter Huntly, a relative of Annie Bell, who died at the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 24th Oct 1909, and was subsequently … [Continue reading]
Gabanintha Western Australia Latitude : 26 55 S Longitude : 118 39 E A townsite 40 km south east of Meekatharra in the Murchison goldfields, Gabanintha derives its name from the mine located here. Mining leases were taken out here in 1895, … [Continue reading]
