Sunday Times 26 December 1937, page 2 MURDER IN THE DARK Who Killed Marin Trdervich Peculiar Circumstances in Boulder Tragedy Dead Man’s Mate Talks to “The Sunday Times” Who was the man dimly seen in the darkness of a Boulder street on Monday night engaged in the act that brought death to 45-year-old Marin Trdervich? […]
George Mountjoy – twice lost
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MOUNTJOY George, 36 yrs, Buried in the Cue cemetery on Dec 1895, location not specified. He was born in Cheltenham England. He was reported missing by a friend who last saw him leaving his camp near Cue in the Murchison of Western Australia to go to his workplace a short distance away, he was […]
Men in a Mining Camp
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Men In A Mining Camp – A tale by N.E. Gledhill This ‘Ripping Yarn’ from the pen of N E Gledhill is kindly shared by his Great Nephew Allen Gledhill with thanks: As soon as I had explored the empty, hollow-sounding rooms of our new house in Boulder, I saw with delight that a huge […]
The Ghosts of Red Flag Well
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Sophie Chapman died at the Ajax Gold Mine lease at Red Flag on the Mt Margaret Goldfields 12 miles southwest of Laverton and 2 miles from the Hawks Nest Rail Siding. Buried alongside is Alexander McDONALD (age 27) 100 meters ESE of the old Red Flag Well. Sophie Chapman and Alexander McDonald were killed by […]
A Soldiers Letter – Ted Lennell
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The following is a very interesting letter which was sent by Ted Lennell about his impressions of rural England during WW1. Evening Star Boulder 19 August 1916, page 2 LETTER FROM LANCE-CORPORAL TED LENNELL Mr. W. T Piper, of the Boulder Council staff, has received the following interesting letter from Lance-Corp Ted Lennel, son of […]
