While recently researching the lives of those buried in the Peak Hill Cemetery, I came across this very sad and tragic story. Catherine and George Howard had married in 1895 and, up to the time of her death in 1908, Catherine and George had six children. Children: George Charles born 1896, George James born 1898, […]
Lulu Benstead – ‘The Westralian Warbler’
04/09/2021 By Leave a Comment
Lulu (Lucelle) Stuart Benstead was born in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory on the 5th February 1891. The daughter of goldfields pioneer, Bill (William) Benstead and Triphenia Lucelle Willesee nee RAINS. She travelled to Coolgardie with her family, arriving in about 1895. Lulu is believed to be the first white child to be born […]
Cemetery Snapshot Leonora – all the little children
04/09/2021 By 3 Comments
Back in August 2017, I had just finished transcribing the first section of the Leonora Cemetery records. I had finished the first decade when I published the first ‘Snapshot’ focusing on the number of deaths of children under the age of 5 years. As you may know, the first five years of a child’s life […]
The Wool Cheque:
28/08/2021 By Leave a Comment
THE WOOL CHEQUE told by Rod Teal This came from a confession by a colleague who trained as a Postal Clerk in the early 1950’s. The job of a Postal Clerk was complex. Besides the usual things you might expect to happen in a post office, in those days, money orders were used where today […]
Frederick Thomas Bryant – grave tales
28/08/2021 By Leave a Comment
When photographing old graves it is often found that some parts of the memorial are missing or damaged, but in the case of Frederick Thomas Bryant’s grave, there has been something added. The above photograph was taken c1902 and shows a fascinating and very early view of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery Methodist Section, grave 1432. Note […]
