As we come up to the annual Community Fair on the 23rd and 24th March I thought it might be nice to look at some old photos of past fairs. This photo is from my own family album, taken about 1966 and shows my husband, Norm Sharp, back row far left with his brother, sisters […]
The Prince and the Diggers Daughter-
Nambucca and Bellinger News (NSW : 1911 – 1945), Friday 6 May 1932, page 5 A TALE OF THE GOLDFIELDS written by JAMES GRAYSON for the “Nambucca News” When gold is calling, however tortuous the road, civilised men all the world over (and some women, too) will overcome all apparent impossible obstacles, reaching their objective […]
A Legend Cut Down – pioneer profile
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Monday 19 March 1934, page 5 Tragedy at ORA BANDA Ora Banda has once more been the stage for a sad and dreadful fatality. Mr Charles Emery, who left the hotel with his cart and horse about 9 p.m. on Sunday, the 11th March was discovered on the […]
Deaths Registered in the Yilgarn 1894-1895
Early Goldfields Deaths 1894-1895 Registered in the Yilgarn District (Southern Cross) but died elsewhere. In the early days of the Western Australian Goldfields it took a number of years for Registrars to be appointed to the new towns as they were established. Southern Cross was the nearest point for the registration of any Birth Death […]
The Lake Eva Oil Hoax-
In May of 1923, Robert ROTHKEHL and Ernest Thompson claimed that they had struck oil at Mt Eva near Southern Cross in Prospecting area 1135. A Company was floated and shares sold. Western Mail – Perth 13 December 1923, page 26 THE OIL “BUBBLE” BURSTS. Tho discovery of oil in Lake Eva (near Southern Cross) […]
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