Barrambie : put the’wild’ in the wild west !!!

Barrambie, is located 116 kilometres south east of Meekatharra and 75 kilometres north west of Sandstone. Of all the small satellite towns surrounding Sandstone, Barrambie was the one that has had, right up to the present time, the most constant stream of prospectors and miners working the shows in that vicinity. In June of 1905 […]

A Bush Christmas – C J Dennis

The sun burns hotly thro’ the gums As down the road old Rogan comes The hatter from the lonely hut Beside the track to Woollybutt. He likes to spend his Christmas with us here. He says a man gets sort of strange Living alone without a change, Gets sort of settled in his way; And […]

Trinity College Examinations:

Each year examination were held in Kalgoorlie under the auspices of the Trinity College of Music in London. I am sure that the names of those in the above photograph are listed in the following article but unfortunately they are not identified. Kalgoorlie Miner Saturday 17 August 1907 TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC    :    […]

Norseman Weddings – Methodist Church

A new record has been added to the Outback Family History web site. It is the Methodist Church marriages for the town of Norseman. Although included in the ‘Goldfields People’ Index it is helpful to be able to search these records by town. There are 487 marriages which give the following details. Name of Groom […]

The Asplin Brothers:-

Jo Roelofs has very kindly shared the following photographs from the family album of her Great Grandfather Thomas Asplin and his brother Jack:-