I have just completed the following project on the early deaths in the Mount Margaret Registry District. These deaths are not the very first recorded for the cemeteries in this area but are the first from when the registry district opened an office in Leonora and started registering deaths in 1897. Prior to this deaths […]
The Desert Warriors – 1973
18/01/2020 By Leave a Comment
The Desert Warriors, Mt Margaret, Laverton Western Australia 1973 Back Row: Leo THOMAS, Chris JOHNSTON, Kevin THOMAS, Eric THOMAS, Norman SIMPSON, Albert NUDDING, Gary ELDER, Barry THOMAS (Capt), Gary SULLIVAN, Fred McARTHUR, Gus MILLER Front Row: Laurie DEAR, Preston THOMAS, Andrew LAWSON, Brian McINTYRE, Ron SMITH, Timothy ROBINSON, Duncan BILSON
Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???
30/10/2019 By Leave a Comment
We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from?Many years ago I heard of […]
Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???
08/12/2018 By 4 Comments
We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from?Many years ago I heard of […]
Who was George Dainty ???
17/06/2018 By Leave a Comment
George Dainty died in 1901, age about 40yrs (date unknown). His remains were found in the bush by a prospector, Henry Frederick KESTEL when searching for lost donkeys, on the 5 Jul 1903 between Childe Harold, 7 miles from the mine and 12 yards off the travelled road in the Laverton district. The undertaker, James […]
