Pipe-Dream to Pipeline, The Eventful Life of Nathaniel W Harper by Stan Gervas Many of you will know of the story of the water pipeline which came to the Goldfields bringing fresh water and permanent prosperity and the roll played in the scheme by C Y O’Connor. Many of you will not however know of […]
Was Jack The Ripper on the Goldfields???
Deeming a Goldfields Murderer? ……. Or was he really ‘Jack the Ripper’? This black hearted Englishman caused mass hysteria in the streets of Perth and Melbourne, and began with his arrest by two West Australian police troopers at Southern Cross for the brutal pickaxe murder of his newlywed bride. It brought Perth to a standstill […]
Destroy Your Body with The Miner Diet – Food on the Gold Fields
Article contributed by – By Outback Family History reader Jenni Hodge There are few better ways to get a feel for the people of the past than by eating their diets. The experience of tasting something which our ancestors tasted connects us with them through a sensory experience which cannot be equaled in the realm of academic learning. […]
Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush
Contributor of the week – Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush – By Outback Family History reader Jenni Hodge Rushing for gold makes a few individual fortunes, and breaks the hearts and lives of many more. While it is undoubtedly true that, on a larger level, the Australian […]
The Tea and Sugar Train
This is a fascinating short film on the ‘Tea And Sugar Train’ made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1954. Once a week the Tea and Sugar Train leaves Port Augusta and heads west along the Nullarbor with all the supplies needed by the track maintenance workers and their families that live along the route. Everything […]