Peter Phillips has kindly shared this wonderful story of his Great Great Uncle John Joseph Williams: John Joseph Williams was born on the 10th December 1855 in Creswick Victoria. His parents were John Williams (1822-1898) and Mary Ann CRAPP (1835-1920). He married Sarah Jane EDWARDS, the daughter of Robert Edwards and Elizabeth Brown on 15 […]
Deaths in the early days of Mt Margaret:
22/02/2020 By 2 Comments
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 […]
Edward ‘Doo Dah’ Sullivan –
14/09/2019 By Leave a Comment
SULLIVAN Edward alias ‘Doo-dah” or “Dido” died 2 Jul 1896 age 36yrs – buried 2 miles north of Leonora. For some years his old barrow and some of his equipment reposed by his grave, but gradually they disappeared. Sir John Forrest later arranged to have a headstone and fence to be erected. A pioneer prospector […]
A Picnic in Bush – Sirr Family
21/01/2019 By 6 Comments
I was recently sent this wonderful photograph from OFH reader, Peter Sirr, who has given me permission to share this great image from his family album. Peter tells me:- This is a Sirr family photo circa 1914 (or before). They are at a picnic on a woodline out of Gwalia/Leonora. The older white haired man […]
Waghorn’s United Stores:
07/08/2018 By 1 Comment
Three members of the Waghorn family lived in Leonora in the early 1920’s to 1930’s and they contributed to the local community in many ways. George Charles Waghorn and his wife Jessie Waghorn went to Leonora in 1921-1922 and ran a general store in Tower Street, Leonora next to the Central Hotel. George was a […]
