T’othersiders People from the eastern colonies were referred to as t’othersiders, an instance of the isolation felt by many in Australias ‘Western Third’. It was the influx of t’othersiders to the Goldfields however, which helped Western Australia to catch up in population and improve its financial status. Some of these people would remain to swell […]
Alves and Taylor Wedding
27/02/2021 By Leave a Comment
John ALVES was aged 35yrs and his occupation was as a Carrier, He was the son of John ALVES (Farmer) and Margaret McCAUGHEY. The bride, Mabel TAYLOR, was aged 17 yrs and was the daughter of George TAYLOR and Alice RICHARDSON. The witnesses to the marriage were Albert MUIR and A P RICHARDSON. Back row: […]
The Prince and the Diggers Daughter:
20/02/2021 By Leave a Comment
Nambucca and Bellinger News 6 May 1932, page 5 A TALE OF THE GOLDFIELDS written by JAMES GRAYSON When gold is calling, however tortuous the road, civilised men all the world over (and some women, too) will overcome all apparent impossible obstacles, reaching their objective often in the last stage of endurance. How strange it […]
The Loader family – pioneer profile
06/02/2021 By Leave a Comment
The following story is an extract from the family history of Reg Blackmore and is reproduced with his permission. Emma and Nathaniel were his Great Grandparents. Emma Jane Loader’s first trip to the WA goldfields December 1895 Written by Emma in 1937 at age 95 years. Mrs Loader and her daughter, Mrs Harriet Childs Bottrill, […]
Blue Blood and Bullets:
16/01/2021 By Leave a Comment
In Coolgardie in 1894, there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and hangers on in Coolgardie than had, or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. Some of them did well. One, with no knowledge of gold-finding, backed a couple […]
