Alistar Douglas Calder – grave tales

CALDER Alistar Douglas, d 2 Mar 1907 at Berrigin via Black Range, Age 14 months: Father:- Neil CALDER (Mine Manager) Mother:- Mary Jane Priestly, Cause: Natural Causes. Born: Perth WA, buried Nungarra Cemetery. Sacred to the memory of Alistar … [Continue reading]

A Woodline Childhood – by Ron Matthews

From the late 1890s until the early 1950s, because all heavy machinery was steam driven, vast quantities of wood were required to fuel the boilers, coal was too expensive. Consequently Wood Lines were born. The last surviving company was 'The Western … [Continue reading]

Alice Jane Farquhar – grave tales

On the 15th November 1900 Alice Jane FARQUHAR nee NICOL, aged 41yrs, was buried in the Anglican section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. After 120 years you will see that her memorial has stood the test of time. Alice was the daughter of … [Continue reading]

Too Late to Say Goodbye – grave tales

Fri 17th Jul 1942 Kalgoorlie Miner BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED On Warburton Ranges Track  - LAVERTON AMBULANCE LONG TRIP About noon yesterday the Laverton ambulance commenced a 200 miles trip each way along Warburton Ranges to attend a boy seriously … [Continue reading]

Bulong’s Battery, boom to bust  – by David Whiteford

The following article is re produced with the kind permission of the author David Whiteford and the Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc . The article first appeared in the publication, 'Light Railways' April … [Continue reading]