Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
103 yrs ago Margaret Alice Lynch died at age 68 yrs and was buried in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on the 21st Sept 1917 in grave number 4986. This impressive memorial is in a double plot, but she is buried there alone. She … [Continue reading]
The Story of Bob and Jack - Bunbury Herald 5 June 1907, page 3 A PROSPECTOR'S SACRIFICE By R. M. Cochrane Every prospector knows the dreary tracts of the Mount Margaret goldfields of Western Australia, but few are acquainted with … [Continue reading]
Geraldton Express 22 August 1906, page 4 "THE PROSPECTOR." Here's a song for the sturdy prospector, For the men who have blazed the track ; For the men who have borne the hardships, And have opened the Fields--Out Back. With a … [Continue reading]
Up to ten years of age and 1949 when my family moved to Boulder and up close to the Golden Mile, I lived in central Brookman Street, halfway between the police station and the brothels as I like to tell people. Opposite the Catholic Church … [Continue reading]
Frank Lawford HAYMAN, aged 2yrs 7mths (born Kalgoorlie), buried 12th December 1923 in the Anglican Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. Kalgoorlie Miner 21 December 1923, page 4 THANKS.— Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Edie Hayman, 103 Addis … [Continue reading]
