Archives for June 2014

Jack The Ripper on the Goldfields???

  Deeming a Goldfields Murderer? ……. Or was he really ‘Jack the Ripper’? This black hearted Englishman caused mass hysteria in the streets of Perth and Melbourne and began with his arrest by two West Australian police troopers at Southern Cross for the brutal pick axe murder of his newly wed bride. It brought Perth […]

Goldfields History Book Monthly Giveaway – June 2014

Free Goldfields History Book Monthly Giveaway – June 2014 Only 24 hours till this months giveaway is drawn so make sure you get your entries in!!! No Sign of the Time, a collection of stories of the Menzies District of West Australia Like us on Facebook to be in the draw to win!!! http://bit.ly/SVGuVK  

Kalgoorlie Postcards

Pets from the Past – 4

Destroy Your Body with The Miner Diet – Food on the Gold Fields

Article contributed by – By Outback Family History reader Jenni Hodge There are few better ways to get a feel for the people of the past than by eating their diets. The experience of tasting something which our ancestors tasted connects us with them through a sensory experience which cannot be equaled in the realm of academic learning. […]