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November 9, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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The 11th Battalion AIF project aimed at naming all the soldiers in the famous photograph of the troops on the Cheops pyramid.
The project website is 11btn.wags.org.au/index.php.
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Lest we forget. ❤️
The project website is 11btn.wags.org.au/index.php.
#history #WWI #FHWA #FamilyHistoryWA #genealogy
Lest we forget. ❤️
November 11, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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One of Australia's lesser known explorers. #ghostswa #FamilyHistoryWA #genealogy #familyhistory @christineharris.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
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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…
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August 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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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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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…
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November 11, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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Have you ever heard of Field's Find?
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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:&…
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November 14, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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Cossack, originally called Tien-Tsin, was a major port critical to the development of the pastoral industry in the north west. The story of its establishment, written at the time, makes for fascinating reading.
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The Pearl Fisheries at Tien-Tsin, North-West Australia
A contemporary account of the establishment of Cossack.
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December 29, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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A story from one of Western Australia’s ghost town. #ghostswa #genealogy #familyhistory #FHWA #FamilyHistoryWA
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…
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November 10, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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Come and visit FamilyHistoryWA at Have A Go Day this coming Wednesday, from 9:00 til 3:00, at Burswood Park, Great Eastern Highway.
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November 11, 2024 at 5:59 AM
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Did you know that the Yalgoo Post Office was originally in Nannine? #ghostswa #familyhistory #genealogy #history #westernaustralia #familyhistoryWA
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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.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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