Kalgoorlie Miner 5 May 1937, page 1 TRIBAL LAW DRAMA ERRING COUPLE PUNISHED The story of a drama, among the aboriginal people of the Laverton district, has been received at Kalgoorlie. A young woman called Nunginna had fallen in love with a boy named Alick, She had deserted her husband and run away with Alick. […]
Greek Tragedy at Lawlers –
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 13 January 1903, page 31 THE LAWLERS MURDER INQUEST AND TRIAL. Inquest into the deaths of Sophia, and her child Emanuel Psechetsas. The victims of the terrible tragedy at Lawlers on December 20 was begun on Tuesday last, Detective Walsh having arrived from Kalgoorlie two days before to conduct the case for […]
Elsie Fletcher – a Boulder Girl
On the 13th of February 1903, Miss Elsie Evelyn Fletcher died at her parent’s home at 3 Brookman Street, Boulder. She was the eldest daughter of Edmund and Elsie Fletcher of Boulder. her father was a well-known butcher in Burt Street. It is not known what caused her death, she wasn’t admitted to the hospital. […]
John Perks – pioneer profile
Pioneer of the Murchison. DEATH OF MR. JOHN PERKS. Mr. John Perks, the original pioneer of the now well-known Murchison country, passed away peacefully on May 17 last at Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, in his 86th year, writes Mr. F. Wittenoom. He arrived in this State in the early fifties. About 1854 he was employed […]
Constable Edward Tindall – grave tales
Death from Typhoid Fever was common around the turn of the 19th century. Many of the victims were fit young men who could succumb to the disease and perish very quickly as this story of a young Police Constable, who had been on the Goldfields less than 6 months, will tell. The following is an […]
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