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THE MEN OF THE LAKE VIEW AND STAR:-

The following records are compiled from the employee cards for the men employed by the Lake View and Star Mine. These records are produced with the kind permission of Barrack Gold.

These records were in the format of individual cards for each employee from the inception of  Lake View and Boulder East Company in 1895 up to about the 1960’s.

These cards provide a valuable insight into not just the working history of one of the largest Gold mines in Western Australia, but also show a widely diverse social history of people from all over the world coming to the Goldfields of Western Australia for a better life.  The information in these records is something that will not be found elsewhere. So far the earliest date of birth we have found is of a British man, Robert James BELL, who was born in 1848. The exact data collected on these cards varies as the years go by and new cards were used but the sort of information in general is:-

Full name, Date of Birth, Nationality,occupation, address, postal address, Mines Workers Relief cards, Lodge, Doctor, Union, Maritial status, children or any other dependants such as mother or sister. Also contained among these records is what we believe to be the only complete record of ‘Tributing Parties’ from 1924 to about 1935 showing the full details of each man but also the tributing party he belonged to. Some were just teams of two and other had up to 10 members. These provided valuable information that men from all nationalities worked together in groups. As the details on these cards is slightly different they will be included ona  different page.

Things you need to know:-

First Upload - 20 Nov 2017 = 12,000 cards

1.One person may have several cards and records. This is because he may have left andf returned to the mine on several occasions which was very common.. His particulars could have changed such as address or occupation.

2. The spelling of names on each card may vary especially do to launguage problems and by the names people were known by so Guiseppe onj one card could be Joe on another.

3. It is common for fathers and sons to work on the same mine so care needs to be taken for those with the same surname.

4. Where there is no Date of Birth there is usually an age to that the date of birth can be calculated from the starting date.

5. We will be adding new records and the project proceeds, we will keep you up to date on new uploads through the WAVMM blog.

5. Unfortunately we are not able to give the cards to any family members as they remain the property of Barrack Gold.

As with all the records on this site we aim to be as accurate as possible but with hand written records this is not always possible.

 


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