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 of his death – “in the arms of his mistress” as my father so bitterly put it – […]
The Crack of Leather on Willow! – Cricket
09/08/2015 By 2 Comments
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 1804 suggested that cricket was already well established in the infant colony. The […]
All Blacks Player – George Maber
08/08/2015 By 2 Comments
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 first All Blacks game at Christchurch in 1894. […]
Tragedy at the Bohemia Mine – Marvel Loch
04/08/2015 By Leave a Comment
Extracts from: Sand & Stone – Moran Family History By Kevin Moran “Fatal Accident at the Bohemia’ Friday the 10th January 1936 was bringing to an end the full workday week. The miners only worked a half day on Saturdays. The week had been hot and overcast with the threat of rain. The folk […]
Photographs of Old Boulder
04/08/2015 By 6 Comments
These two photographs we recently sent to me by the Kenevan Collection of photos from the Heyfield & District Museum in Victoria. I have not been able to find an exact date but found advertisements in the Kalgoorlie Miner Newspaper for ‘qualified wood choppers’ for the Claytons Condenser from 1899 to 1901. It appears that the […]
