Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
In 2013, a lady by the name of Margaret Sanders, contacted me about including her uncle Ralph Douglas Young (Joe), on the Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial. She has seen our appeal for family members to come forward to provide additional … [Continue reading]
Mirror : Saturday 26 June 1926, page 10 Did the Murderers Visit the Burial Ground And Seek to Dispose of the Bodies ? A Plan That May Have Miscarried, But If It Had Succeeded Would Probably Have Hidden the Secret for Ever It … [Continue reading]
With the fires of hope still burning I'll take to the open road, To the bush I am returning And it's there I'll take my load. For the pull of the bush like a magnet Is drawing me to her heart And I'll make my mark on this rugged land One day … [Continue reading]
In 1899, Kalgoorlie was to have two of the biggest events on the social calendar. The marriages of two of the members of the leading Kalgoorlie business Brennans Bros, Kyran and James Brennan. The difference being that the wedding of James Brennan … [Continue reading]
BLACK FLAG:- R H Henning and party pegged the Black Flag lease which in October 1894 was reported to be ‘doing very well.’ The property was sold the following year to Lord Sudley’s syndicate for $48,000. By this time men were opening up their … [Continue reading]
