Several years ago I received a letter from Ian Hopley regarding some old correspondence he found amongst his late mothers papers. They were written by his Great Grandfather William Webster, first from Victoria and then from Malcolm in the Murchison of Western Australia. The letters mention his daughter Delia, nicknamed Deanie, who was Ian’s Grandmother. […]
Yellowdine – book review
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Yellodine, Reen’s Soak, Bronti, Kellandi and Mt Palmer ‘Treasures in The Bush’ by Delys Howlett ISBN:- 9780646471563 Centred in the Yilgarn of Western Australia this excellent publication is an historical and social account of events which took place not only in Yellowdine itself, but also the surrounding towns of Reen’s Soak, Bronti, Kellandi and Mt Palmer […]
Once a Starr always a Star!
13/11/2016 By 4 Comments
These days most local residents expect airconditioned houses and cars and an annual holiday as a matter of course, but this was far from the life that confronted Millicent Rose Starr for most of her life. She was born in 1910 in the Gold Mining Town of Mt Morgans as Millicent Rose Buckman. Young Rose came […]
The Box Soak Creek Rush
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Where is Box Creek you may ask! As I did ask myself back in 2000 (I cant believe it was so long ago) when I received a letter from a lady in Queensland about a distant relative of hers called Ronald Donald McMillen who was supposed to be buried in the Box Soak Cemetery. I […]
Six Boulder Sons Enlisted For World War II – The Renton Family
11/11/2016 By 8 Comments
The following is a story submitted by one of the OFH readers, Julie Clift nee Renton, about her family and is published with her kind permission:- The Reynolds family was one of the early Pioneering families that arrived In the Goldfields in 1897 and today there are still descendants living here. Francis Emma RENTON nee: REYNOLDS […]
