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Certificates – take with a pinch of salt

04/06/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Certificates – take with a pinch of salt Have you ever purchased a copy of a family death certificate in Western Australia? I am sure many of you will have done so. I have been asked about the following topic a few times over the years so I thought I would explain things and then […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Western Australia

Dead Man in a Mine Shaft –

04/06/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner Wednesday 31 August 1898, page 4 A Dead Man In A Mine Shaft BELIEVED TO BE A KANOWNA RESIDENT. A gruesome discovery was made at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon by Mr. H Colin. That gentleman was walking over the ground about three-quarters of a mile to the southwest of the southern end […]

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

Dolly Pot – The Roaring Gimblet

28/05/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The ‘Dolly Pot’ column which was started in the Western Mail newspaper between 1936-1942 was initiated by Cyril Longmore and later taken over by Malcolm Uren. The column started out to collect the reminiscences of the pioneer prospectors and was remarkedly successful. Dolly Pot remains the most significant source of information on the Westralian goldfields […]

Filed Under: Dolly Pot Tagged With: Australian History, Goongarrie, Roaring Gimblet, Western Australia

Camooweal Billabong  by Ray Jackson

28/05/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Camooweal Billabong by Ray Jackson A hot dry wind came from the south so constant and so strong I had to stop so looked and found a shaded billabong I knew at once this special place had a story it would tell so there I camped to sit a while and give myself a spell […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History

The Murder of a Bad Tempered Man

28/05/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Evening Mail – Fremantle 23 March 1908, page 1 No one will deny that Harry Goninon Smith, who at 8 o’clock this morning paid, on the scaffold at the Fremantle Prison, the last penalty for the supreme crime in the criminal calendar, was the murderer of the man, William John Clinton at Day Dawn. No […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Cue Murder, Day Dawn

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