Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist by Roger Underwood Submitted by Ian Kealley My career as a forester, and the career of famous forester George Brockway, overlapped by exactly two days. On January 2nd, 1963, immediately after … [Continue reading]
Today is the anniversary of the death of a local man, Leo Naughton. The following verse was written in his honor by me, his childhood friend - Tony Bozich:- Someone said, “Leo Naughton is dead”, my friend of nine years schooling, who never a … [Continue reading]
In a post I did a few days ago about a lonely grave of Katherine Williamson at Bardoc I mentioned that there was the victim of a murder buried not far from her. The grave of the victim of the unsolved Bardoc murder is on the bank of the creek … [Continue reading]
On Friday the 16th August 2019, a ceremony was held out in the bush at the Bardoc Cemetery on Mt Vetters Station. It was to celebrate the culmination of almost three years work on a project started by Kellie Carter who owns the Bardoc Station House, … [Continue reading]
This excerpt of my book is provided to Outback Family History. The excerpt focuses on Alf’s football experience on the WA Goldfields in 1904 and in the Perth competition in 1904-1905. To provide veracity and evidence to underpin the book’s … [Continue reading]
