Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Charles PARKER was born in 1873 and his wife Hannah nee REES was born 1872. They were married in 1892 and came to Australia to live at Hill End in New South Wales. Five of the couples daughters were listed as deceased by 1903. Their last three … [Continue reading]
Sophie Chapman died at the Ajax GM lease at Red Flag on the Mt Margaret Goldfields. 12 miles south west of Laverton and 2 miles from the Hawks Nest Rail Siding. Buried alongside Alexander McDONALD (age 27) 100 meters ESE of the old Red Flag … [Continue reading]
Back Row:- L-R ? - ? - ? - Len PERRY - ? - George TREHERN - Bub KEMP - ? - Jack CAVAZZI. Front Row:- ? - Bill ALLEN - Jack HEWITT - Telf PEDRETTI - ? - ? - ? - George PATIENCE -Jimmy PEDRETTI. Front Lying:- Henry POSTANS. Back Row:- L-R - … [Continue reading]
The Homestead Leases, or more correctly Miners Homestead Leases (MHL), were issued under the mining laws of the time – until the demise of the 1904 Mining Act in 1982. These laws allowed bonefide miners/prospectors who held a Gold Mining Lease (GML) … [Continue reading]
The worst accident ever to happen on the Yalgoo Goldfields at Fields Find was on the 31st Aug 1899. On this date there were four men working in the No 1 shaft of the Fields Find GM. They were Daniel HOGAN (22), William PAYNE (38), Frederick Robert … [Continue reading]
