Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Daily News - 19 November 1932, page 11 The Granites: A Hard Trek and a Rigorous Existence Where Every Ounce of Gold is Earned Indeed (By F. E. Baume, our Special Representative with the Madigan Expedition to the Granites goldfield. Written shortly … [Continue reading]
Linden Cemetery (formerly Griffithston) Reserve 4683 S 29° 17.32, E 122° 25.28 The first burial was in 1899 when the cemetery was gazetted and it was not until 1911 that the second occurred. In 1915 the local residents wrote to the Dept of Works … [Continue reading]
This is Part 2 of the story of Yellowdine - To read the first part go here: Yellowdine - A walk through a canvas town West Australian 17 April 1935, page 25 YELLOWDINE The People on the Field There is to be found on the purple … [Continue reading]
Linden the wounds of the golden game Linden is an abandoned townsite in the eastern goldfields, 75 km south of Laverton on the southern side of Lake Carey. Gold was discovered in this area in the mid-1890s, and in 1896 Warden Owen suggested a … [Continue reading]
Coolgardie was booming, diggers who had struck it rich were as common as sand flies; money was easy to come by and even easier to lose. If you wanted to part with what you had in a hurry, ‘Hughie the Baker’ or ‘Handsome Jack Wilson’, the towns … [Continue reading]
