Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
The following amazing story has been sent to me by John Hollands, who is the Great Grandson of Jesse Young. What an adventurous life he did lead. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 12 October 1909, page 31 DEATH OF MR JESSE YOUNG The death … [Continue reading]
I was recently contact by Geoff Edwards, who was planning a trip to Kalgoorlie to look into his family history. His relative, Adam Glover Brown, was a member of a Masonic Lodge. Geoff was fortunate to be able to attend a talk by Doug Daws on the … [Continue reading]
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), Saturday 28 January 1911, page 4 Funeral.— The remains of the late Mr. George Gillespie, late mill shift boss on the Chaffers gold mine, were interred in the Presbyterian portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery … [Continue reading]
Dollypot, Greenhide and Spindrift: a journal of bush history Russian Jack and Synchronicity - by Diane Oldman I rather thought I had made up the word ‘synchronicity’ and when I attempted to look it up in several dictionaries I couldn’t find … [Continue reading]
Truth (Perth) 4 July 1908, page 5 SADDLER AND HIS WIFE The Harness Parted and the Wife Bolted, John Brown Cadzow, a saddler carrying on business at the lively little town of Leonora, is a man who has a decided objection to wives … [Continue reading]
