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Jimmy Whalin’s Dog

15/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail 25 May 1939, page 11 by J.E.T., Nedlands. The Dolly Pot: – There are a wealth of stories yet untold about our Goldfields, past and present. We would like to remedy this and provide the old-timers and the new generation with the opportunity to bring the picturesque personalities of the past and present […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia

The Townsends at Bulong – grave tales

15/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

James Townsend, born in 1865 in Tasmania, the son of James and Mary Townsend. Married to Mary Lillias McPhail in 1886 in Victoria. They had six children, the last three born in Bulong WA. The family arrived in Bulong c 1900. There are two Townsend graves in the Bulong Cemetery. Pearl, the last child of […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Bulong, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Marriage of a Medium

15/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun – Kalgoorlie – 30 May 1909, page 9 MARRIAGE OF A MEDIUM. Madam’s Third Dip in the Matrimonial Bag No 3 – Thirty-Eight Years Her Junior No Cake — No Cards— No Spooks “I’ve known Dick for just two and a half years, and it’s purely a love match, let me tell you” […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

“Cock-Eyed Bob” Sheds light on House of Death.

08/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth – Perth – 18 February 1928, page 9 “Cock-Eyed Bob” Sheds Light upon House of Death Compact. The fair, slimly-built Detective Parker took his last survey of the faded and dusty rooms. His work was complete. The mystery of the Kalgoorlie Death Pact was a mystery no more. The admissions of the man and […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Boulder, Goldfields History, murder, Suicide, Western Australia

Death of a Bushman

08/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

We have another excellent poem by Ray Jackson – This is what he tells me about it- In 1897 both of my Great Grandfathers on my mother’s side,  brought their families to Kalgoorlie to live. George Nankiville came from Berrima in NSW with his wife Sarah and my Grandmother Myra and her brothers. Andrew Bruce […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History

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