When photographing old graves it is often found that some parts of the memorial are missing or damaged, but in the case of Frederick Thomas Bryant’s grave, there has been something added. The above photograph was taken c1902 and shows a fascinating and very early view of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery Methodist Section, grave 1432. Note […]
Tragedy at Lakeside – grave tales
14/08/2021 By Leave a Comment
Kalgoorlie Miner 6 May 1922, page 5 As far as can be ascertained, no one actually witnessed the accident which resulted in George Lyall Luscombe, aged 19yrs, losing his life by being run over by a wood train on the Lakeside line, near the 52-mile siding, at 5.30 a.m. on Thursday. It is known that […]
Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 8 August 2021
07/08/2021 By Leave a Comment
I hope your week has gone well. We have had a slight increase in temperature here, (Kalgoorlie-Boulder), which has been lovely. I hope wherever you are, this has been the case. We recently had a reader join us who lives in Boulder, but in Colorado USA. She said how odd it was that her descendants […]
Edward ‘Doo Dah’ Sullivan – grave tales
31/07/2021 By Leave a Comment
SULLIVAN Edward alias ‘Doo-dah” or “Dido” died 2 Jul 1896 age 36yrs – buried 2 miles north of Leonora. For some years his old barrow and some of his equipment were reposed by his grave, but gradually they disappeared. Sir John Forrest later arranged to have a headstone and fence to be erected. A pioneer […]
The Search for the real Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore
24/07/2021 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
