The town of Cue was gazetted as a townsite in August 1893. It is named after Tom Cue, one of those who discovered gold there in 1892. If you would like to know more about Cue visit the OFH page at:- http://bit.ly/2lqK6SA In its heyday it boasted ten hotels:- The Murchison Club Hotel, Daly’s The Miners Arms […]
A Case of Mistaken Identity –
While recently doing my daily post on the WAVMM ‘The Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial’ I found that it was the anniversary of a disaster that caused the death of three men at the Englishman GM in Kookynie on the 3rd February 1900. The names of the victims were:- BOURKE John, Miner 3/02/1900 Age 35 […]
NANNINE – ghost town
The townsite of Nannine is located in the Murchison Goldfields region, 735 km north east of Perth and 30 km south south west of Meekatharra. Gold was discovered in the Nannine area in 1890, the area being rich with gold, and by 1891 was the site of feverish activity. In 1892 John Forrest, the Commissioner […]
Sanitary Carter’s Tragic End
Kalgoorlie Western Argus Tuesday 11 March 1902. A carter named Charles Noell, an employee of Mr O Sloss, met with a terrible death, yesterday morning through being jolted off his cart on the road to the Boulder sanitary depot. When last seen alive by two fellow carters, about 4 o’clock, the deceased had almost finished […]
Pannican – grave tales
Police Honour Legendary Aboriginal Tracker. On the 2nd Jul 2008 a memorial was unveiled in Kalgoorlie for one of the state’s most renowned Aboriginal police trackers. Johnny Grey, also known as Pannican, who was considered one of the best trackers of his time. He worked for the police in the Laverton-Leonora area from 1942 to […]
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