Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
There’s a shaker up the gully, There’s a paddock partly stripped, And a shovel pick and dishes lying round And a little heap of tailings Lying underneath the sieves And a heap of hoppers stones upon the ground. But the hand that shook the … [Continue reading]
I would like to show you the result of a project by Danelle Warnock and myself to upgrade the records and information on the people buried in the Mt Morgans Cemetery, Western Australia. The information presented here has been collected from various … [Continue reading]
On the 26th March 1904 photographs were taken of all the staff and students of the Brown Hill School for the Western Argus newspaper. Unfortunately, no students are named but it is a great snapshot of all the pupils of that year. The Brown Hill … [Continue reading]
Oh! Who could paint a Goldfields and paint the picture right? As old adventures saw it in early morning light. The yellow mounds of mullock with spots of red and white The scattered quartz that glistens like diamonds in the light Hear the … [Continue reading]
We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name … [Continue reading]
