Moya Sharp: Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales - Caloundra Family History Research Inc

September 2023 Guest Speaker at Caloundra Family History

Caloundra Family History recently hosted Western Australian historian Moya Sharp OAM via Zoom to hear about her wonderful website, research service, and tales. After moving to Kalgoorlie in the late 1980s, Moya discovered the rich local history of the WA Goldfields which has developed into a life-long vocation. Moya now manages three websites dedicated to the rich history of this area.

Moya Sharp presenting Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales of the Western Australian Goldfields and more on Zoom

Outback Family History

Outback Family History is a free family history resource centre where you can search digitised records by name, place, occupation, and much more to find those elusive WA records once only available on paper. Many researchers have found ‘missing’ family members, who had disappeared either by accident or design. And not only people went missing. Many towns that boomed found themselves deserted after only 15 years and no longer appear on present-day maps with little evidence remaining of their existence.

Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial

The West Australian Virtual Miners Memorial aims to profile every person killed in a workplace accident on a mine site in WA.

Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales and Grave Tales

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales is the site’s blog at www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com. The website houses a vast collection of fascinating stories of people, places, and events of the WA Goldfields. Topics include Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales or Grave Tales about burials.

Sign up for the free weekly selection of tales that are circulated via email each Sunday. Moya shared the tale of the murder-suicide of Nurse Elizabeth Gold and Kenneth Snodgrass. Search the blog “gold and ghosts” to hear a tale of bigamy and unrequited love.