Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
John Fitzpatrick - Written by Susie de Monchaux John “Fitz” Fitzpatrick ran a plumbing and ironwork business on the corner of Ford and Sylvester Street, Coolgardie from 1896 to 1900. Family legend tells that John Fitzpatrick was born in … [Continue reading]
In 2008, I was working at the Kalgoorlie Boulder Cemetery office, filling in when the office manager was away. One of the duties was to help visitors with their inquiries. A visitor, Brian Morris, called in to inquire about a very early grave of one … [Continue reading]
Sunday Times - Perth - 12 January 1936, page 7 THE LATE JOHN HOSKEN Large Attendance at Funeral The unusually large number who followed the remains of the late John Hosken from his place of residence in … [Continue reading]
Cecil Albert Francis Herbert 'Frank' HUGHES was born on 11th Nov 1861 in Wrexham, North Wales, and educated at Ruabon Grammar School, he was the eldest son of Thomas Edward HUGHES and Mary THOMAS. Frank showed early on that he was of a roving and … [Continue reading]
Daily News - Perth - 7 March 1936, page 1 Sensational Disclosures at Inquest Likely Sensational disclosures are expected at an inquest, resumed here today, into the death of Hector Alexander McDonnell (36), who died at Yalgoo on … [Continue reading]
