The Sun Kalgoorlie – 12 June 1904, page 10 KURNALPI JACK One of the Early Day Men Always operate on his Lonesome by J Drake We regret to hear that Jack Reidy (Kurnalpi Jack) is, as our American cousins would say, playing in hard luck, and as it is proposed by Government to benefit, one […]
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“Can I shave you. Mr. Smiler.” ???
26/11/2022 By Leave a Comment
From the pen of ‘Smiler Hales’ – Alfred Arthur Greenwood HALES (1860-1936) “You can’t whip a mining camp for novelties”. I was walking along Bayley street the other afternoon, feeling like a poet and looking like a tramp out of luck, when I saw a shingle hanging from a tent, which bore the information that […]
John Shrews TALBOT – grave tales
26/11/2022 By 1 Comment
John Shrews TALBOT ― aged 70yrs, died on 26th August 1907, at Mulline, He was both a Battery Hand, Night Watchman and a Journalist, The cause of his death was suicide, a revolver shot, self-inflicted during a period of temporary insanity, This was the verdict of the Coroner. Above -Copy photograph of Captain John Shrews […]
The 1942 Boulder Bombings – By Peter Skehan
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BOULDER BOMBINGS “GHASTLY TRAGEDY” “TERRIBLE SCENES OF SLAUGHTER” “FOURTEEN MURDERED”
The Woes of Jimmy Wongawol –
19/11/2022 By Leave a Comment
Daily News 1 October 1955, page 8 – by Bob Chambers Jimmy WONGAWOL, anywhere within 100 miles north, east or south of Wiluna, is a man with a problem. He has too many lives — those of his 2 wives, 11 children and 7 dogs He loves them all in his own way, and in […]
