The following grave is in the Presbyterian section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, grave number 3625. The surroundings are in poor condition, and all the tiles and immortelles are missing, but the headstone at least is intact. Three people from one family are buried here. First, a little girl, Annie Danella Muir Roy MCCULLOCH ‘Ella’, who […]
Blogs 6th Birthday –
07/09/2019 By 6 Comments
I cant believe that the blog has just turned 6 years old. Its been a long road and from humble beginnings. From its start, when I just wanted to records interesting stories I came across for my own interest to now, with over 5800 registered readers on the mailing list. I am just so pleased […]
The Neglected Cemetery – by Janet Wells
06/09/2019 By Leave a Comment
Riding down a rutted track In climate hot and harsh, The townships just a few miles back Along the salty marsh; Its gardens full of flowering trees, Its fences bougainvillea strewn, Its roadside curbs of colored stone By local tradesmen hewn. Where people live in tidy homes, The single storied kind, And parks and greens […]
George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist
31/08/2019 By 2 Comments
George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist by Roger Underwood Submitted by Ian Kealley My career as a forester, and the career of famous forester George Brockway, overlapped by exactly two days. On January 2nd, 1963, immediately after graduation from Forestry School, I was appointed an Assistant District Forest Officer and posted to the Forests Department’s […]
Leo Naughton is dead – a verse
31/08/2019 By 3 Comments
Today is the anniversary of the death of a local man, Leo Naughton. The following verse was written in his honor by me, his childhood friend – Tony Bozich:- Someone said, “Leo Naughton is dead”, my friend of nine years schooling, who never a nasty word said whether at school or football or fooling. In […]
