The Sun 23 July 1939, page 4 Cobb & Co on the Goldfields These goldfields were one of the last strongholds of the famous firm of Cobb & Co whose coaches were one of the principal means of communication all over Australia. The story of this pictorial phase of Goldfield’s life is here reviewed. It […]
Red Hill Cemetery (Kambalda)
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Kambalda (Red Hill) Pioneer Cemetery Beresford Rd, Kambalda L 31.204984 – L 121.650983 5 burials – 1 suicide 1 woman EUPELI George — d 13th June 1904, at the Butterfly Mine, Red Hill, Occ: Miner, 43 Years, Cause: Cardiac Failure, Valvular Disease, a post mortem examination was conducted (not very common on the Goldfields at […]
Microbe of the Murchison – by Suter Abis
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Western Mail 12 November 1936, page 11 Microbe of the Murchison He was a peculiar looking man of medium height, with long legs and hunched back. His voice was squeaky and high pitched, and he could turn his hand to anything but he liked being a cook the best of all. He had wandered around […]
Kambalda – in the beginning
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The following article was written by Billie Ingham in 1997 for the Centenary of the town of Kambalda. The townsite of Kambalda (Red Hill) was declared under the Land Act on the 10th of December 1897. There were 81 lots and streets were named variously for leaseholders and progress committee members. According to Gil Ralph, […]
Tuckanarra Cemetery – now you’re but a memory blurred
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Tuckanarra Cemetery -AKA Cork Tree Flat Coordinates: -27.10872, 118.09445 41kms north of Cue Karbar Station 13 Burials – 7 children – 4 women Deserted now, no more your stirred by those in quest of gold. Now you’re but a memory blurred of what you were of old. Yet, though the camp in silence sleeps, Except for songs […]
