Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 25 May 1899, page 25 THE LATE REV FATHER LONG A telegraphic message was published the Kalgoorlie Miner of May 18th to the effect that the Rev Father Long had succumbed to an attack of typhoid fever in Perth on … [Continue reading]
Albert Lockner, a prospector who supposedly died of thirst within 2 miles of the later famed 'chain of water holes', making the tragedy particularly distressing. Norman K Sligo who had joined in the search for the missing man met the police at the … [Continue reading]
Bulong's 'Second' Cemetery - Reserve 3978 102 Burials GPS Coordinates - 30.76511, 121.79686 Tis sad to see these friendless graves And think of those who lie therein Their mute appeal some tribute craves For love which in the past had … [Continue reading]
My good friend and fellow historian, Phil Bianchi, recently wrote a book on the well-known bushman, tracker, drover and pastoralist Tommy Ningebong. Tommy was a highly regarded Aboriginal man from the Wiluna district. Phil tells me that every person … [Continue reading]
Western Mail Perth 30 January 1941, page 9 - The Dollypot Over the Plates – A Lucky Shot. by Big Jim Allanson. All sorts and conditions of men were to be found on the Murchison goldfield in 1893. A number of prospectors were camped at a rocky … [Continue reading]
