Book Review – Walk for me Elsie – The Maffina Family

Main Reef Hotel, Boulder

This book was hard to track down but I now have my own copy. I first heard about it from my dear friend Criena Fitzgerald who is currently writing a book on the 'Italian and Slavs' on the Goldfields of Western Australia. She had been loaned a copy to … [Continue reading]

East Perth Cemetery – Coolgardie People

While staying with my daughter recently who lives in East Perth we had the occasion to visit the East Perth Cemetery on Cemetery Hill which I had always wanted to see but as it is only open on Sunday afternoon between 2-4 I have not had the chance to … [Continue reading]

An Irish Romancer – The Search for the Real Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore

Walter RF Moore - Coolgardie

AN IRISH ROMANCER: THE SEARCH FOR THE REAL WALTER ROBERT FITZGERALD-MOORE Walter Moore, if that was his real name!, was my grandfather, but he died 25 years before I was born.  His origins are shrouded in mystery and even the circumstances … [Continue reading]

The Crack of Leather on Willow! – Cricket

Big Bell CrickeT Team

This weekend has been a big event for all sporting enthusiast from Rugby to Football and of course the cricket. The first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803 and a report in the Sydney Gazette, on 8th January … [Continue reading]

All Blacks Player – George Maber

To mark the occasion of :- Bledisloe Cup 2015: Australia v New Zealand, ANZ Stadium in Sydney Aug 8th Last year, 2014, marks the 120th anniversary of the death of George Maber, one of the very first All Black Rugby players . He was to play his … [Continue reading]