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The Death of Father Long –

13/04/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 25 May 1899, page 25 THE LATE REV FATHER LONG A telegraphic message was published    the Kalgoorlie Miner of May 18th to the effect that the Rev Father Long had succumbed to an attack of typhoid fever in Perth on the previous day. The death of the rev gentleman forms the […]

Filed Under: Church, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Gold, Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia

Murder or Suicide – that is the question

13/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Albert Lockner, a prospector who supposedly died of thirst within 2 miles of the later famed ‘chain of water holes’, making the tragedy particularly distressing. Norman K Sligo who had joined in the search for the missing man met the police at the Donkey Rocks, about 120 miles from Coolgardie. Sligo said that in his […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Bummers Creek, Goldfields History, Lonely Grave, Western Australia

The I.O.U – Bulong Cemetery

13/04/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Bulong’s ‘Second’ Cemetery – Reserve 3978 102 Burials GPS Coordinates – 30.76511, 121.79686 Tis sad to see these friendless graves And think of those who lie therein Their mute appeal some tribute craves For love which in the past had been. ASHWOOD Thomas – d 3 Apr 1906, at Bulong Hospital, 58yrs, Occ: Clerk/Labourer, Cause: Heart […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Bulong, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Tommy Ningebong by Phil Bianchi

06/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

My good friend and fellow historian, Phil Bianchi, recently wrote a book on the well-known bushman, tracker, drover and pastoralist Tommy Ningebong. Tommy was a highly regarded Aboriginal man from the Wiluna district. Phil tells me that every person he interviewed about Tommy for the book spoke of how Tommy was a such a genuine […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Aboriginal, Goldfields History, Western Australia, Wiluna

So All’s Well that Ends Well –

06/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Mail Perth 30 January 1941, page 9 – The Dollypot Over the Plates – A Lucky Shot. by Big Jim Allanson. All sorts and conditions of men were to be found on the Murchison goldfield in 1893.  A number of prospectors were camped at a rocky pool on the west side of the Cuddingwarra […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Cue, Goldfields History, Sir Samuel, Western Australia

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