George Augustus Jessop was born on 2 April 1872 in Kilmore, Victoria. He was the son of George Jessop (1847-1898) and Mary nee Deane (1844-1876). he was the middle child of three born to the couple with an older brother Thomas James and a younger sister Ellen Agnes. George’s mother died when he was four […]
The Game – by Ray ‘Jacko’ Jackson
No more bets big Nick cried, as the pennies went up, And they spun round and round in the air Tails he called when they came down to rest, For the spinner it was sheer despair. He tossed the kip down on the ground in the ring; that was a quick lost ten quid This […]
Sailor Bill’s Elopement –
The Sun Kalgoorlie 22 September 1907, page 6 THE ROARING NINETIES A BULLA BULLING ROMANCE SAILOR BILL’S ELOPEMENT (By Spinifex). Many of the boys of the old brigade have disappeared. They were a roving lot, and when the share boom collapsed in ’97, and the demand for “properties” had petered out, they booked for various […]
Black Flag – ghost town
BLACK FLAG R H Henning and party pegged the Black Flag lease which in October 1894 was reported to be ‘doing very well.’ The property was sold the following year to Lord Sudley’s syndicate for £48,000. By this time men were opening up their claims, many with good results. In December of the following year, […]
Lancefield Memories
Western Mail 9 November 1950, page 14 Goldfields life had its pleasures and a few tragedies by Caryndon Over 40 years have passed since I went to Lancefield as a young bride. The train was late and we drove through the hot night over a rough, uneven track with a lantern swinging at the back […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 109
- 110
- 111
- 112
- 113
- …
- 435
- Next Page »