Arthur Stubbs. J.P. and Timber merchant Boulder: was born at Balmoral in Victoria on January 9th 1873. And is the son of the late William Alwyn Stubbs, one of the pioneer teachers in the Victorian Education Department. He was one of the twenty-three children from his father’s two marriages. His mother was Agnes AITKEN (second […]
Ghastly Shooting in Leonora –
Sunday Times Perth – 20 March 1938, page 12 Two Dead – Leonora Tragedy 67-Year-Old Man Shoots Daughter-In-Law Mrs Stockton, the wife of the officer in charge of the Leonora water supply, was shot by her father-in-law, William ‘Bill’ Stockton, early today. Immediately afterward the 67year-old man walked inside the house and shot himself in […]
Murder at Dead Mans Rocks –
Western Mail 16 December 1937, page 11 The Murder of Phil Mack DEAR Non-Com – I am indebted to an old-timer and friend of South Guildford, Mr. W. E. Routledge, for sending me “The Western Mail”, and I always read with interest the Dolly Pot. One sees some glaring inaccuracies of early-day events, but this […]
Where is Erlistoun ??? – ghost town
Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun, usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a townsite under the Lands Act, but was surveyed as a Business and Residential […]
No News Today
My apologies to everyone but there will be no newsletter this week. I have just had an operation and didn’t think it would knock me around as much as it had. I will be back on board next week as usual.
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