Bunbury Herald 5 June 1907, page 3 The Story of Bob and Jack A PROSPECTOR'S SACRIFICE By R. M. Cochrane Every prospector knows the dreary tracts of the Mount Margaret goldfields of Western Australia, but few are acquainted with … [Continue reading]
John Bain – grave tales
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John Bain was born in Wick, Scotland on 18 Mar 1866 to John Bain and Margaret Miller. He came to Western Australia in 1894. He married Betsy Calder Miller in Fremantle WA in 1900. John was to go into partnership with Betsy's brothers, Donald George … [Continue reading]
Widgiemooltha Cemetery – Forget us not, for eternity here we reside
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Widgemooltha Cemetery Off Coolgardie Esperance Highway Long -31.478272 Lat 121.583090 'We loved and were loved before we died, Forget us not for eternity here we reside.' 16 Burials - 1 Mine Death - 8 children - 1 female - 1 … [Continue reading]
The Niagara Football Club – a verse
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Kookynie Advocate and Northern Goldfields News 31 October 1903, page 2 The Niagara Football Club. (With apologies to "Banjo" Patterson.) On Saturday 17th October 1903, after Niagara became football premiers, there was a grand wind-up at the … [Continue reading]
William Whitfield Mills – Surveyor-Explorer-Prospector
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William W MILLS Surveyor - Explorer - Prospector MILLS William Whitfield - d 15 Aug 1916, 72yrs, at Widgiemooltha, WA, Occ: Pension and former surveyor, Father: Josias MILLS, Mother: Elizabeth Land WHITFIELD, Born: Plymouth, Devon, England in 1844, … [Continue reading]
