Yet again, the wonderful author and historian, Dr. Criena Fitzgerald is about to publish another new book. I have read some excerpts and have seen some of the wonderful photos that will be used and I can highly recommend it. FOR A BETTER LIFE YUGOSLAVS IN THE GOLDFIELDS 1890–1970 As so many of us are […]
The Amazing Escapades of Margaret Bale – the finale
08/05/2021 By Leave a Comment
Previously: On the 22nd December 1909, a young woman called Margaret Bale disappeared in Perth WA. She was booked to travel from Kalgoorlie to England on the 6th January 1910. She was eventually ‘discovered’ living as a man under the name of Martin Able. She ‘sold’ her story, ‘When I Was A Man’ to a […]
A Beloved Son- Calder family story
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I have recently been in correspondence with Lisa Clifford, who has very kindly allowed me to share the following story and photographs with you. She originally got in touch with me after seeing the grave of Alistar Douglas Calder in the Black Range (Nungarra) Cemetery on the Outback Family History website. Lisa tells me that […]
Simon Rose Fraser – grave tales
01/05/2021 By Leave a Comment
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I was recently contacted by my friend and grave photographer extraordinaire, Danielle Warnock, about a query she had received from Duncan Fraser, about the grave of Simon Rose Fraser, his Great Uncle, buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. He asked if she could take some photos of the grave for him […]
Uncle Jack – a tree to remember him
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I was recently contacted by Jeannine Nolan who has very kindly allowed me to tell the story of her Great Uncle Jack. She came to get in touch through a story I did last year about John Hindhaugh. There may be a family connection as Emily Marion Hindhaugh married Ezra Chappel, Jack’s uncle. Sadly Emily […]
