Callion – Western Australia AKA Speakman’s Find Latitude 30° 07′ S Longitude 120° 34′ E Gold was discovered here by prospectors James Speakman, Cooke and Lukin in 1895, in an outcrop of quartz. The location was initially known as Speakman’s Find, until the town was gazetted as Callion in 1897. This name is thought to […]
CASSERLY- The Death of a Hero
On the 6th October 1938, at the Edwards Find Gold Mine near Southern Cross, an elderly miner called Frank Pagoda was overcome by dynamite fumes. His mate, Paul Casserly, made several attempts to rescue him, sustaining a fracture of the skull in his attempts, which eventually claimed his life on the 12th October 1938. He […]
Killed by Lightning – Rody Schwan
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 20 September 1904, page 12 KILLED BY LIGHTNING – R SCHWAN, PROSPECTOR – LAVERTON Sept. 14, 1904 News has just reached Laverton that a well-known prospector, ” Rody Schwan, was killed by lightning yesterday afternoon at the Daisy Belle, a prospecting show about 12 miles west of Duketon. The weather during the […]
Red Hill Cemetery (Kambalda) – Grave Tales
Kambalda Pioneer Cemetery Beresford Rd, Kambalda L 31.204984 – L 121.650983 A recent post on Facebook about the suicide of an early miner who is buried in the Red Hill (Kambalda) Pioneer Cemetery raised a few comments so I thought it would be of interest to research a bit further on the few who have […]
Constable Edward Tindall – Grave Tales
Death from Typhoid Fever was common around the turn of the 19th century. Many of the victims were fit young men who could succome to the disease and perish very quickly as this story of a young Police Constable, who had been on the Goldfields less than 6 months, will tell. The following is an […]
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