Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Goldfields and Chrysanthemums - Notes of travel in Australia and Japan by Catherine Bond I have always loved reading the personal diaries of people who have come to the Goldfields in the early days. It gives you a description of the day-to-day … [Continue reading]
Coolgardie Miner 28 December 1897, page 5 SENSATIONAL SHOOTING. Attempted Murder by Four Armed Men A party of shop workers was held up in Forrest Street Coolgardie by two armed and masked men. There is so far no known motive for … [Continue reading]
Daily News 2 February 1935, page 13 Pilbarra Shows the Way to the Gold Rushes Pioneer Recounts his Romantic Story By 'Westerner' A man who went to the Kimberleys and its goldfields in 1887, and on the morning of his 21st birthday was … [Continue reading]
A Swansea Editor and his Australian Goldmine by Alwyn Evans A long-awaited history of the Sons of Gwalia goldmine at Leonora. Assiduous research into the Welsh and Australian origins of this famous mine by Alwyn Evans for a thesis, now … [Continue reading]
The early miners’ staple diet consisted of ‘Damper and Tinned Dog’, washed down by the inevitable mug of black tea – a meal sufficiently filling to satisfy the cravings of appetites blunted by protracted periods of roughing it in the … [Continue reading]
