Sunday Times – 16 January 1910, page 3 THE DEATH OF TOM RISELEY A MAN WHO BLAZED THE TRACK Tom Riseley (Thomas Randle Riseley) one of the men who helped materially to make Westralia what she is today, went on the last “long journey” from the Perth Government Hospital on Thursday night. Twenty-one years before, […]
Dryblower Jack – pioneer profile
John Carins know as Dryblower Jack John was born in Newcastle on Tyne, in Northumberland, England in 1890 and was educated at Rutherford College in that town. He was said to have come to Australia in 1913, he had a discharge certificate from the British services. As a young man, he worked in various trades […]
Men of the Goldfields by Victor Hugo Colless
Many of you may be familiar with the excellent publication “Men of Western Australia’ but you may not have heard of the following book ‘Men of the Goldfields’ – It covers the years 1934-1935 – subscribers to the book each received a personalized leather-bound copy with their name engraved in gold on the front cover. […]
Repeat Week
Hi Everyone Just wanted to say this week we are re-publishing some popular posts from the past as I have been away this week and not able to finish any new stories. Apologies to those who have already read them, but maybe some of our newer readers may not have done so. A good story […]
Peter Dennis P D Kavanagh – Detective & Legend
Peter Dennis Petrus Dyonisius KAVANAGH joined the Australian Police Force when he was twenty-one years old. He was born on the 25 Jun 1873 in County Wicklow, Ireland to Patrick Patritius Kavanagh and Alice nee Ayres. He was the eldest of two children, his brother Richard being born in 1875. How he crushed the gold-stealing […]
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