Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler 23 December 1898, page 20 The New Chum Johnnie Raw as told by a miner He was an English new-chum, a reg’lar Johnnie Raw, His fresh complexion told it, and the English coat he wore. I was the first he spoke to. He saw me on the […]
No Stories This Week
Dear Readers I do apologise, but there will be no newsletter this week as I have been unwell. Bye for now Moya
Its our 12th Anniversary this month –
The Outback Family History Blog has just turned 12 years old this month. What began as a quiet, personal quest to capture and preserve the spellbinding stories that caught my eye has exploded into an extraordinary adventure! From a humble spark of curiosity, my little project has grown into a vibrant community, with a staggering […]
The Glass Family Tragedy – a fathers fatal rage
Daily News, Perth – 20 February 1893 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY NEAR NORTHAMPTON. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. A FATHER SHOOTS HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. THE TREVENSON TRAGEDY A terrible tragedy has just been reported from Trevenson, 20 miles from Northampton. Yesterday afternoon, at 3 pm, William Charles Glass, aged about fifty, a squatter and long resident in this […]
Doubly Deserted at the Moonbeam –
Western Mail 25 December 1905, page 10 The Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson Up in the heavens, a westering sun cast oblique rays, still fiercely hot, on the parched bush that stretched its shrivelled growth as far as the eye could see from the prospectors’ camp. Nearby, a windlass under a roof of boughs stood […]
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