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The People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns project will create an index of the people who lived, loved and died in the hundreds of ghost towns across the length and breadth of our state.
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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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
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
Crime in Bowgada
Murder in Bowgada
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March 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Kundip Dreaming
Kundip
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March 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
To quote genealogist Paul Chiddicks (bsky.app/profile/chid...) "history is about people. It’s about how and where they lived, the challenges they faced, the triumphs they celebrated, and the legacies they left behind."
And we couldn't agree more! There are thousands of stories waiting to be told.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Congratulations to the magnificent team of Volunteers working on the People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns Project. They have hit a magical milestone of collecting 50,000 records of people who lived in our many ghost communities around the state.
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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I see your Texas and raise you one Western Australia
December 29, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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The Two Centuries of Chinese Heritage in Western Australia podcast series is officially live! 🎙✨ Based on original research, these podcasts shed light on the often less-told stories of Chinese heritage in our State.

Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/chinesewa 🎧
December 5, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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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#WesternAustralia #history #FamilyHistoryWA
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
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.
#genealogy #familyhistory #history #convicts #ghosttowns #ghostswa
November 28, 2024 at 11:17 PM
The GhostsWA team are in Geraldton this weekend to meet with the people in the Mid West region and talk about all things "ghost town".
November 22, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Heading out on Thursday morning for a research trip to the Mid West region of Western Australia. Want to know what ghost towns are in our list for the Mid West? Here's the list. 😘
#ghosttowns #familyhistory #genealogy
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Mid West
The Mid West is one of the nine region s of Western Australia. It stretches east and north from the west coast covering a area of more than 400,000km2. The capital of the Mid West is the City of Ge…
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November 18, 2024 at 7:54 AM
"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
#fieldsfindwa #ghostswa #genealogy #history #ghosttown
November 15, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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Here we go! A tutorial video for any new #Bluesky users, (whether you do #Genealogy or not) is out now. Hope people find this useful. 🙂

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Using Bluesky for #Genealogy (and in general!)
YouTube video by Daniel Loftus Genealogy
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November 12, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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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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…
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November 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
It's 1886 and Mr Stanley's Opera Troupe is bringing Gilbert and Sullivan to the far north west of Australia.
#ghostswa #history #CossackWA #genealogy #familyhistory #culture
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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…
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November 12, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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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Upcoming speaking engagement! #ghostswa #FHWA #familyhistory #genealogy
November 10, 2024 at 11:34 AM