The following fascinating article was written by a reader, Alwyn Evans, a keen Welsh historian. It was first published in ‘Wales Online’ The full story, as a book, with supporting references and illustrations, will be published in the next six months by Hesperian Press. George William Hall was a pioneer of the fantastically rich Western Australian […]
Sand and Stone Vol 1 and 2 by Kevin Moran
21/10/2015 By Leave a Comment
Book Review:- Are you looking for that special gift for family or friends who love reading about Goldfields History. If so, I would like to recommend this wonderful two volume set., it will not disappoint I assure you. This is its second release as the first was so popular. Sand and Stone Pt 1. Colonists and […]
A Child’s Life on the Goldfields
16/10/2015 By 10 Comments
A tough open-air childhood!! As the many hundreds of tents on the goldfields were slowly replaced with huts, those seeking their fortunes began to bring their wives and families. Bringing up a child on the goldfields was often difficult and dangerous. Fires were commonplace and, in 1904, three boys died tragically in one fire called […]
The Men of the Lake View and Star – Project
26/08/2015 By 2 Comments
Three years ago, Outback Family History and Dr Criena Fitzgerald, historian, approached KCGM, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, regarding historical employee records in their archives. These records were in the format of individual cards for each employee from the inception of Lake View and Boulder East Company in 1895 up to about the 1960’s. Outback Family […]
An Irish Romancer – The Search for the Real Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore
09/08/2015 By 2 Comments
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 bitterly put it – […]
