Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
The following photograph is of the headstone and grave of Bridget Delia Oates, who was the beloved wife of Richard Knight Oates, born in County Clare Ireland on 28 Jan 1873. She died at Kalgoorlie on the 17th Sep 1909 aged 37 years. This photograph … [Continue reading]
Latitude : 28 04 S Longitude : 117 51 E Western Australia Mount Magnet is a townsite in the Murchison goldfields, 569 km north east of Perth and 126 km east of Yalgoo. Gold was discovered in the Mount Magnet area in July 1891 by the prospectors … [Continue reading]
Theo Bock son of T.Bock of the Boulder City Brewery. … [Continue reading]
A New town has been added to the main site. Yunndaga. A small town about 7 kms South of Menzies. This photograph is of the staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916, taken when the town was called Woolgar. … [Continue reading]
HORACE LAMBLEY: - It is not know why Horace Lambley came to Kalgoorlie and was buried here in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, alone, and a long way from his family. His life after the was was a sad one and is testament to possible mental problems arising … [Continue reading]
