From the family records of Grant Waters, with thanks: In the 1890s (possibly 1894), my Great-Great-Grandfather, Arundel William Waters, and two of his brothers, Thomas Waters and William Henry Waters shipped their horse teams to Western Australia to chase work (carting) on the expanding goldfields. They were the sons of William Henry and Elizabeth Waters. […]
Marjorie Lancaster – a wonderful life
25/01/2025 By Leave a Comment
The Kalgoorlie Miner – Weekend Edition – 5 Oct 1991 Marjorie Frances Minson was born in Northam WA in 1912 to Charles Henry MINSON and Elizabeth JEFFREY. This is a story she told about her early life in the Goldfields, first with her family and then as a married woman. She married Richard Alfred LANCASTER […]
Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.
27/01/2024 By Leave a Comment
Weekly Times (Melbourne VIC) – 10 September 1898, page 48 Frank Ernest Randell & Co. Messrs F E. Randell and Co. are well known on the West Australian goldfields as carrying and forwarding agents. Their head office is at Fremantle, having lately been transferred to that rising port, from the goldfields, and there are branches […]
The Norseman Hotels –
20/05/2023 By Leave a Comment
Coolgardie Miner – 12 July 1935, page 10 The New Norseman Hotel The new Norseman Hotel, which has just been completed by Mr Jesse K. Moore, was designed by Cavanagh & Cavauagh, architects, Perth, and has been built to the specifications approved by the Licencing Board, was opened on June 17. The building consists of […]
Norseman – books and photographs
13/06/2020 By Leave a Comment
Norseman is a town on the edge of the places covered by the Outback Family History web site and blog. If you are interested in the history of the town and the surrounding area I would like to recommend the following three books. There may be others, but there are ones I have myself or […]
