Christine Harris
@christineharris.bsky.social
Australian Grandmother. Family Historian. Researcher. Project manager (retired).
Love photography and travel.
Vice President and IT Manager of FamilyHistoryWA
Currently working on the People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns project
Love photography and travel.
Vice President and IT Manager of FamilyHistoryWA
Currently working on the People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns project
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
September 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
September 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Reposted by Christine Harris
Did he or didn't he? #history #genealogy #familyhistory #WesternAustralia #ghosttowns #trial #burglary
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Burglary or Misstep?
A Curious Case in Higginsville, 1907 In the early days of January 1907, the quiet mining town of Higginsville, Western Australia, found itself at the centre of a curious legal drama. Nestled in the…
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September 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Did he or didn't he? #history #genealogy #familyhistory #WesternAustralia #ghosttowns #trial #burglary
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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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ghostswa.au/2025/08/30/u... #UlarringWA #UllaringWA @familyhistorywa.bsky.social
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
One of Australia's lesser known explorers. #ghostswa #FamilyHistoryWA #genealogy #familyhistory @christineharris.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
ghostswa.au/2025/08/30/u... #UlarringWA #UllaringWA @familyhistorywa.bsky.social
ghostswa.au/2025/08/30/u... #UlarringWA #UllaringWA @familyhistorywa.bsky.social
PHASE 4 OF THE GHOSTS TOWNS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA PROJECT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Check out the names of the 16 new communities that will be added to the project this coming Friday, August 29.
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#genealogy #familyhistory #ghost-towns
Check out the names of the 16 new communities that will be added to the project this coming Friday, August 29.
ghostswa.au/2025/08/23/p...
#genealogy #familyhistory #ghost-towns
Phase 4 is on its way!
On Friday 29 August, 2025, we will move into Phase 4 of our project and that adds 16 new communities to the list of communities on which we are already working. The biggest community in this phase …
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August 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PHASE 4 OF THE GHOSTS TOWNS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA PROJECT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Check out the names of the 16 new communities that will be added to the project this coming Friday, August 29.
ghostswa.au/2025/08/23/p...
#genealogy #familyhistory #ghost-towns
Check out the names of the 16 new communities that will be added to the project this coming Friday, August 29.
ghostswa.au/2025/08/23/p...
#genealogy #familyhistory #ghost-towns
July 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Visited the Terracotta Warriors exhibition today. Extraordinary!
July 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Visited the Terracotta Warriors exhibition today. Extraordinary!
July 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
July 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Winchester Cathedral #photography #travel
June 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Winchester Cathedral #photography #travel
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ON THIS DAY - Cossack 12 Jun 1897 😀
#cricket #cossackwa #Genealogy #history #FamilyHistory #ghosttowns
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#cricket #cossackwa #Genealogy #history #FamilyHistory #ghosttowns
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Cossack – 12 June 1897
On this day in 1897, Roebourne defeated Cossack in a close match.
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June 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ON THIS DAY - Cossack 12 Jun 1897 😀
#cricket #cossackwa #Genealogy #history #FamilyHistory #ghosttowns
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#cricket #cossackwa #Genealogy #history #FamilyHistory #ghosttowns
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Reposted by Christine Harris
To keep everyone up to date with the progress being made on the project, we will be posting a monthly update to our blog. Here is the first of these posts. 👍
#genealogy #familyhistory #ghosttowns #westernaustralia #history
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#genealogy #familyhistory #ghosttowns #westernaustralia #history
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Captured Records at 31 May 2025
Our project team are working hard to capture as many records as possible of the people in WA’s ghost communities. Once our website and search engine is fully operational you will be able to a…
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June 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
To keep everyone up to date with the progress being made on the project, we will be posting a monthly update to our blog. Here is the first of these posts. 👍
#genealogy #familyhistory #ghosttowns #westernaustralia #history
ghostswa.au/2025/06/07/2...
#genealogy #familyhistory #ghosttowns #westernaustralia #history
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The Homebush Brickworks was where my grandfather, Ted Hamilton, worked for most of his adult life. #genealogy #familyhistory #blog
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The State Brickworks
Early in the 20th century, the price of bricks became higher. In order to stop the price of bricks getting too high, the Government built a Brickworks at Homebush in 1911. In 1936, it was sold to priv...
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June 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Homebush Brickworks was where my grandfather, Ted Hamilton, worked for most of his adult life. #genealogy #familyhistory #blog
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Reposted by Christine Harris
June 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We are fundraising for the People of Western Australia’s Ghost Towns project. Please help us to keep this project sustainable.
www.mycause.com.au/page/372166/...
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The People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns project
FamilyHistoryWA has launched a project to create a digital index of all the people associated with the hundreds of ghost towns in Western Australia. We will also be creating a digital archive telling ...
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June 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We are fundraising for the People of Western Australia’s Ghost Towns project. Please help us to keep this project sustainable.
www.mycause.com.au/page/372166/...
www.mycause.com.au/page/372166/...
May 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
May 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Margaret River, Western Australia
May 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Margaret River, Western Australia
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Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
April 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
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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
Did you know that the Yalgoo Post Office was originally in Nannine? #ghostswa #familyhistory #genealogy #history #westernaustralia #familyhistoryWA
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ghostswa.au/nannineps