A few days ago I uploaded the first section of the Boulder Cemetery. The ‘Pioneer’ Cemetery has been on the site for several years but this is the first time that the current cemetery lists have been online. First section was A to B and the second section was C to D @ www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au […]
The Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial
28/11/2015 By Leave a Comment
Since the launch of the WAVMM last year I have often been asked why I have decided to include miners from the whole of Western Australia instead of just the Goldfields. I thought this might explain why. The following graph from the 1934 Department of Mines (Now the Dept of Mineral and Energy), shows the […]
The Italian Miner
28/11/2015 By 3 Comments
If you attened recent the talk by Dr Criena Fitzgerald at the WA Museum Kagoorlie-Boulder on the 18th November you would be interested to read the following verse from the Murchison Advocate in 1902. This pre dates the period that was covered in the talk, WW1, but it shows how the seeds of unrest and […]
Alexander Pitman – The Man Behind the Legend!
15/11/2015 By 17 Comments
I am sure that most people who are interested in the history of the Goldfields of Western Australia will have heard the story of the two gold stealing officers were cruelly murdered and their bodies dismembered and thrown down a mine shaft just outside of town at Millers Find. A great deal has been written […]
A Widows Plea – Olivette Whitney
01/11/2015 By 4 Comments
Mine Workers Relief Fund: This is a statement made by Mrs Olivette Whitney, about her husband, Edward William Whitney. This family had so many personal family tragedies. Mrs Whitney was applying to the MWRF for a widows pension : She was refused!!! 1896:- My husband came to Norseman in June of 1896 after prospecting about […]
