Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
The following photographs are reproduced here by kind permission of Ron Moss. Michael Marijan Erceg and Milka nee Bulich are his wife's parents. Marijan Erceg is the last one on the right of the back row as you look at it, he is in the tug of … [Continue reading]
In The Future - by Prospect Good Oh what will the bush bards sing in time When the digging days are done? When the roaring times have been sung in rhymes The yarns of the past all spun? When there's no new field to rush and work And never … [Continue reading]
The old timer was sitting among the pots and pans in orderly array outside his little camp, he was skewering a startling blue patch to a pair of trousers. 'Can I do it for you?" asked the young lady visitor with a smile. He regarded her solemnly … [Continue reading]
The outback mining centre of Maninga Marley is situated some 620 miles north-east of Perth. The Maninga Marley Gold Mine, from which the place takes its name, was found by prospectors Ernest Alfred Arundel and Matthew Dwyer. The claim was registered … [Continue reading]
Lina Furia (1891 - 1970) Born 4 November 1891 - Grosotto, Tirano, Valtellina Died 1970 Coolgardie, Western Australia - buried Boulder Cemetery. Occupation - Hotel owner Alternative Names - Osmetti, Lina - … [Continue reading]
