Gone but not Forgotten – Annie Bell. An interesting tale about a grave in the Boulder cemetery. I was contacted last by Peter Huntly, a relative of Annie Bell, who died at the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 24th Oct 1909, and was subsequently buried in the Boulder Cemetery on the 29th October 1909. Peter had […]
Gabanintha Cemetery – Star of the East
23/01/2021 By Leave a Comment
Gabanintha Western Australia Latitude : 26 55 S Longitude : 118 39 E A townsite 40 km south east of Meekatharra in the Murchison goldfields, Gabanintha derives its name from the mine located here. Mining leases were taken out here in 1895, 1895-1910 were the peak years for the Gabanintha Mine. In 1897 the Gabanintha […]
Pannican – grave tales
16/01/2021 By Leave a Comment
Police Honour Legendary Aboriginal Tracker. On the 2nd Jul 2008 a memorial was unveiled in Kalgoorlie for one of the state’s most renowned Aboriginal police trackers. Johnny Grey, also known as Pannican, who was considered one of the best trackers of his time. He worked for the police in the Laverton-Leonora area from 1942 to […]
Blue Blood and Bullets:
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In Coolgardie in 1894, there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and hangers on in Coolgardie than had, or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. Some of them did well. One, with no knowledge of gold-finding, backed a couple […]
When Death Creeps In –
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West Australian – Perth WA – 6 January 1934, page 4 WHEN DEATH CREEPS IN A Tale of a Mine. By Ion L. Idriss, author of ‘Flynn of the Inland It is nasty, facing death down below, whether under sea or land. Sam Ure worked doggedly though uneasily, for the ground was creaking, a subterranean […]
