How Mac Held The Bonnie Dundee The Golden West Magazine 1921 For The Golden West by JOHN DRAYTON “My apologies for the Scottish dialect, but it wouldn’t be the same if translated to plain English, hope you can make it out” In the early days of the Victorian goldfields, when , the present writer, was […]
Archives for December 2023
James Webster Berry – Anzac Hero
30/12/2023 By 1 Comment
I was recently sent the following story by Peter Davidson about his relative by marriage, James Webster Berry. He tells me that the widow of James Berry later married Claude Albo de Bernales. James Webster Berry (Reg 4207) was the son of George Berry who was born in 1838 in Fife Scotland and Mary Berry […]
Erlistoun – ghost town
30/12/2023 By Leave a Comment
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 13 December 1904, page 19 THE ERLISTOUN by V. Clausen Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a […]
The Story of a Daring Coward –
30/12/2023 By 1 Comment
Sunday Times Perth 31 January 1909, page 1 Have you heard of Jim Connolly? He was a great bushman and a line prospector and could fire two revolvers at once. The left hand was as deadly as the right, and either was certain death if Jim had any interest in mitigating your existence. He was […]
The Wright Family of Boulder – grave tales
23/12/2023 By 1 Comment
William James Wright was born on 3 Jun 1880 at Cloverfield, Port Pirie, South Australia to George Main Wright and Elizabeth nee Rushall. He was their first child and the survivor of twin sons, his sibling being stillborn. He had one older brother born the following year. After his marriage in SA in 1910 the […]
