The sun burns hotly thro’ the gums As down the road old Rogan comes The hatter from the lonely hut Beside the track to Woollybutt. He likes to spend his Christmas with us here. He says a man gets sort of strange Living alone without a change, Gets sort of settled in his way; And […]
The Box Soak Creek Rush
Where is Box Creek you may ask? As I did myself back in 2000, (I can’t believe it was so long ago), when I received a letter from a lady in Queensland about a distant relative of hers called Ronald Donald McMillen who was supposed to be buried in the Box Soak Cemetery. I had […]
Christmas Tragedy at Day Dawn –
I have read of many tales of hardship and terrible accidents over the years, but the following story is, without doubt, one of the saddest and most tragic of all I have ever come across. I first read about it some time ago when I was contacted by Ian Leithhead, who asked me to assist […]
A Family Affair
The dire economic situation and lack of marital prospects in Yugoslavia prompted many young women to embrace the uncertainty of an ‘Australian’ husband. Women were usually without means and thus restricted with their choices. Yet even when they had been educated, their families influenced their choice of husband and condemned them to a bush life […]
Kanowna – a diggers life
Kalgoorlie Miner 21 July 1898, page 2 Among the Kanowna Diggers Why is a digger unlike a leopard ? was a question once asked of me. That riddle was easily answered, for the leopard cannot change his spots, and the digger can, and I think the Kanowna diggers are frequently doing it. Formerly the digger […]
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