This story was originally presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Soc in 2018. It is now reproduced here with the permission of the author, Doug Daws. When Paddy Hannan and his partners, Flanagan and Shea, discovered gold at Kalgoorlie in June 1893, they were quickly surrounded by literally thousands of other gold prospectors who, too, […]
Murchison Reminiscences
05/08/2023 By Leave a Comment
The Umpire – 24 December 1901, page 4 LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS A Few Murchison Reminiscences by D T Morgan If the man who battled for the precious metal 0n the Murchison five or six years ago dropped down there again and expected to find things as they were, he would be sadly disappointed. True, […]
Old Meeka Cemetery – ”are we now remembered?”
29/07/2023 By 3 Comments
The original cemetery used before the town of Meekatharra was gazetted in 1903 and continued to be used until May 1907. The cemetery was located next to mining works and was deemed unsuitable. In 1907 the town council organised the creation of the Cemetery Board, which organised land cleared for a new cemetery. – With […]
Crooks at Crooked Shoot Mine
29/07/2023 By Leave a Comment
Geraldton Guardian 12 September 1925, page 3 Crooks at Crooked Shoot Mine by C.P.J ‘Coo-oo-ey! Coo-oo-ey!’ sounded faintly through the semi-darkness of a cloudless night, which enveloped the ‘Crooked, Shoot’ gold mine, situated in a hollow between two low-lying hills in a remote part of the Murchison Goldfields. A field of mulga spread as a […]
The Wild Girls – a family in pictures
22/07/2023 By Leave a Comment
The following photographs are from the family album of Sandy Koushappis and she has kindly shared them with us. The first of the Wild girls in Australia was Esther WILD nee MILLS. She was born, possibly in Lancashire, England on the 8th June 1838. When she was 23 years old she married James WILD in […]
