Ernest Giles and the 1875 Expedition Across Australia Map of Giles’s Route (Surveyor General’s Office, 1875) – Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Australia. Digitized and available via the National Library of Australia; this work is out of…

One of Australia's lesser known explorers. #ghostswa #FamilyHistoryWA #genealogy #familyhistory @christineharris.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
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Old John Hunter “The only man who ever made Coolgardie blossom like a rose” Something rarely mentioned about the Eastern Goldfields is – how did people get fresh veggies? It’s hard to imagi…

The story of Old John Hunter
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Nannine Police Station The Nannine Police Station was built in 1896 and in 1922 it was uplifted and moved to Yalgoo.

Did you know that the Yalgoo Post Office was originally in Nannine? #ghostswa #familyhistory #genealogy #history #westernaustralia #familyhistoryWA
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Lets get more Australian and WA content on here so we can increase support for our ghosts project. #ghostsWA #genealogyAustralia

The Lynton Convict Hiring Depot near Port Gregory in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia. The site was only active for a very few years and there's not a great deal left, but what is there is very special.
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"In the Field's Find district there are not more than 20 men all told. It would be unwise for prospectors to take horses at the present time, as there is absolutely no feed in the district, but there is plenty of fresh water." Sunday Times 1922
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Field’s Find Grave marker in the Field’s Find Cemetery1 Region: Mid WestLGA: Shire of YalgooAKA: Fields FindIndustry: Gold MiningCoordinates: 29°02’20.0″S 117°14’30.0″EWhat3Words:&…

Have you ever heard of Field's Find?
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Ghost town schools What was school like for the children and teachers of Western Australia’s Ghost Towns?  In the years of rapid growth of mining communities, timber camps and the railways, (which encouraged the open…

As we move towards the end of another school year in Western Australia, we can reflect on what life was like for the teachers and students in the hundreds of tiny schools that serviced the old ghost towns.
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Mr Stanley’s Opera Troupe Cossack in 1886 was a frontier town in one of the most isolated colonies in the world.  It was a centre for pearling and pearl shell fishing and the entry point for pastoralists who establishe…

It's 1886 and Mr Stanley's Opera Troupe is bringing Gilbert and Sullivan to the far north west of Australia.
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The first rush In 1872, the government offered a reward of £5,000 for the discovery of the first payable goldfield in the colony of Western Australia1. In 1879, Alexander Forrest explored the Fitzroy and Ord Rive…

The first gold discoveries in Western Australia started in the late 1870s. Here's a bit about the first WA goldrush...
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Upcoming speaking engagement! #ghostswa #FHWA #familyhistory #genealogy

Tough Conditions and Complicated Lives Around 1900, regular information came filtering through on the Ularring District and its goldfields, claiming that they were likely to be ‘second to none’ in mining outcomes. Ularring was…

A story from one of Western Australia’s ghost town. #ghostswa #genealogy #familyhistory #FHWA #FamilyHistoryWA

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