PINJIN CEMETERY Reserve 10843 Edjudina Location Note: I have found just as many references to PINJIN as I have PINGIN. It seems that both were used at various times. For the sake of continuity, I have used the spelling PINJIN as this is how it is spelled in the WA Post Office Directories. BOWMAN Otto […]
Norman Dodd – Death by Despair
13/05/2023 By Leave a Comment
The following story was supplied by Gail and Keith Dodd and is produced here with their kind permission. The subject of the story is Norman W G Dodd who is Keith’s Great Uncle. It shows that it is possible to have the unrecognised grave of a victim of war finally honoured. Many more soldiers died […]
Thomas Joseph Tobin – pioneer profile
06/05/2023 By 1 Comment
I was recently sent the following story by Mary Mayenfisch about her Grandfather, Thomas J TOBIN, in her words of “the whole story reads like a film! “Outlander” in Australia…. “ On Easter Sunday in the time of Covid 19 – when in the throes of James Joyce “Ulysses” the Jesuit schools in Ireland came […]
The Trustees of the Dead – a verse
29/04/2023 By Leave a Comment
Just recently, I was helping a lady search for information on her grandfather who was once the mayor of Cue in the Murchison. While looking for information, I came across the following verse which was written about him when he became one of the trustees of the Cue Cemetery. Sunday Press 26 July 1903, page […]
Paynes Find Cemetery
20/04/2023 By 1 Comment
Paynes Find Cemetery Location:- off Goodingnow Rd Paynes Find, Post Code 6612 Lat: -29.270163, Lug:-117.68618 Reserve 21873 an area of 404 Squ meters gazetted 10 May 1938 16 burials Although the Paynes Find Cemetery has been on the Outback Family History website for some years it needed some research to bring the information up to […]
