Finally I would like to say that the two last stages of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery Burial Indexes are now uploaded onto the Outback Family History website, N to R and S to Z. There is only one more section still missing and that is some names that begin with Mc or Mac. These will be […]
Canon Collick – A Hero and a Saint
06/08/2016 By 5 Comments
The following story is reproduced with permission from the writer, Rev Father Ted Doncaster, further details by the writer on Canon Collick can be read at Canon Collick Back in 1894 there was an advertisement in a London newspaper which read “Wanted – a priest for 10,000 Miners” and when a young Anglican priest in Hoxton, […]
Red Dust Racers – Book Launch
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Red Dust Racers by Graeme Cocks will be launched at the WA Museum Kalgoorlie Boulder on the 27th August 3-6pm. All are welcome but and RSVP to the Museum would be most appreciated.
The Shadow of Death Hotel – and the story of Tigertail and the ‘New Chum’
06/08/2016 By 3 Comments
There was a man by the name of John Hawes who was a parish priest up to the 1930’s. in the Yalgoo/Murchison district. In a biography on his life he tells of how, after riding all day, he spent the night at a lonely wild spot with a well called the ‘Shadow of Death’. There was nothing […]
The Adelaide Silver Grill – Sepia Saturday
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The Adelaide Silver Grill Dining Rooms was known as a superior establishment as will be seen by the following advertisement from the Coolgardie Miner in Dec 1894. The proprietors were McIver and Smith and it was located in Bayley Street, Coolgardie opposite the Freemasons Hotel. It was also known as ‘The Grotto’ and later […]
