A Tragedy Recalled !!! The Six Mile Murder – by Clara Patton Crimes against women of any kind were very rare on the Goldfields of Western Australia. The prospecting community respected and valued women and welcomed their presence. It was therefor, a terrible shock to the community when it was made known that […]
George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist
George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist by Roger Underwood Submitted by Ian Kealley My career as a forester, and the career of famous forester George Brockway, overlapped by exactly two days. On January 2nd, 1963, immediately after graduation from Forestry School, I was appointed an Assistant District Forest Officer and posted to the Forests Department’s […]
Leo Naughton is dead – a verse
Today is the anniversary of the death of a local man, Leo Naughton. The following verse was written in his honor by me, his childhood friend – Tony Bozich:- Someone said, “Leo Naughton is dead”, my friend of nine years schooling, who never a nasty word said whether at school or football or fooling. In […]
The Bardoc Murder –
The grave of the victim of the unsolved Bardoc murder is on the bank of the creek leading down from Lindsay’s Soak, which is crossed by the road from the Dark Horse (mine) to the Bellvue (mine) about three miles east of Grants Patch. The fenced grave is on the North bank of the creek, […]
Bardoc Cemetery – a revival
On Friday the 16th August 2019, a ceremony was held out in the bush at the Bardoc Cemetery on Mt Vetters Station. It was to celebrate the culmination of almost three years work on a project started by Kellie Carter who owns the Bardoc Station House, and assisted by myself, Kellie is the third generation […]
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