Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
BULLFINCH CEMETERY Latitude -30.998333 degrees Longitude -119.093961 degrees 35km north of Southern Cross. 27 Known Burials - 1905-1940 BELL John – 23 Jun 1923, 41 years, in the bush 15 miles East of Marda, Cause: Exposure and lack of … [Continue reading]
The Diggers New Year Song describes how a group of miners toiled without success until late in the Old Year and having at last struck gold were determined that all around them would join in celebrating the advent of the New Year and the good luck … [Continue reading]
Mirror (Perth) 15 September 1934 KANOWNA ONCE BOASTED TWENTY HOTELS! Kanowna Shows Signs of Big Recovery Hectic Days of White Feather Golden Valley Recalled If you take the Kanowna road out of Kalgoorlie, you will travel for some … [Continue reading]
Western Mail 25 December 1905, page 10 Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson Up in the heavens, a westering sun cast oblique rays, still fiercely hot, on the parched bush that stretched its shrivelled growth as far as the eye could see from the … [Continue reading]
John B Ryan was also known as 'Old Jack' died near the end of November 1905, it is thought his age was about 60yrs. He was found on Sturt Meadows Station by a boundary rider some distance from Diorite King in the Leonora District. Jack was an … [Continue reading]
