When I was young and long before that, it was a common practice for young girls and women to have autograph books where they would get their friends to write short sayings and verses and sign their names. I still have one that my mother had during WW2. Some took it one step further and […]
The Lady Bushranger – Jessie Hickman
The Lady Bushranger: Remembering Australia’s Forgotten Female Outlaw Bushrangers have claimed their place in history as the Robin Hoods of Australia’s colonial past. Unless they were women, then they have no place in history at all. Meet Jessie Hickman, the country’s most formidable and forgotten female outlaw! She had five aliases and she ran a […]
Murder Suicide at Kalgoorlie – grave tales
The Truth 28 December 1912 Double Tragedy at Kalgoorlie. “She Smiled, said “Hello, Curly” and Died” In our last issue appeared a brief account of the terrible double tragedy, which happened at Kalgoorlie on the previous Thursday, in the yard at the back of the Broken Hill Hotel, in Hannan street, when George […]
John Joseph READY – grave tales
John Joseph READY – Kalgoorlie Cemetery RC Section Grave 7653 John Joseph Ready (A legendary figure) by George Compton 1992 John Joseph Ready who was buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery in grave number 7653 on 5 September 1933, born Co Limerick Ireland. He was a very early, very active, and somewhat enigmatic pioneer of the […]
Kurrawang Plane Crash – a brother remembered
An English woman whose brother was killed in one of the States worst ever air crashes made an emotional pilgrimage to Kalgoorlie in June of 2004. Jessie Kent was only 18, when her brother, Captain Charles Hood, was among seven people killed near Kurrawang about 15 kms west of Kalgoorlie on 15 October 1951. Mr […]
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