Sunday Times – Perth – 1 July 1910, page 1 New England ‘Mt Vernon” A Promising Gold Belt told by Alfred Ives Prospector Alfred Ives tripped up the office stairs last Wednesday to offer voluminous details about the development of the New England district, a promising gold-belt located about 40 miles S.S.E. of Wiluna, having […]
Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 6th June 2021
Hi Everyone How has your week been??? It was touch and go as to this week’s newsletter happening at all. Two days with hardly any internet than having to set up a new laptop, a swap with my husband who now has a new ‘work from home’ laptop. I’m sure everyone who has set up […]
Menzies to Kalgoorlie Classic Bike Race-
Australia’s Richest Handicap Cycle Race Cycling has been part of the Goldfields since the courier cyclist in the 1890s carried messages around the Goldfields before the telegraph line came to the region. This year’s Minara Resources Goldfields Classic will continue as a two-stage handicap race across the rich and historic landscape of the Western Australian outback […]
The Brothers Mulcahy – a family story
W.A. Record Perth 24 December 1898, page 19 MULCAHY BROTHERS Premier Hotel keepers, FREMANTLE, PERTH, AND BOULDER CITY As Licensed Victuallers, the firm of Messrs. Mulcahy Bros is famed throughout Western Australia. They have been associated with the colony almost since the goldfields were discovered. The well-known and popular gentlemen are natives of Tipperary, the […]
When I die – author unknown
Carry me back to the bush when I die. Its there that I always could rest. Bury me deep in the deserts red earth On a dry riverbank in the west. Take me back home to the stock camp Out on the endless red plain Let my soul know the peace and the quiet Of […]
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