Western Mail 29 August 1940, page 9 A Hot Ride to Darlot The summer of 1895 stands out in my memory as a very hot one. We had sold our claim at Darlot, and our party of five were splitting up. Two had gone to the coast for a holiday. Bill and I had bought […]
The Yellow Streak at Gulch Creek
THE YELLOW STREAK by Gamalan The Yellow Streak claim was pure gold—no figure of speech, just fact. And it ran right through the heart of old “Pilbara Jud,” the lone miner at Gulch Creek. Jud, of course, would be the last to admit that anything like virtue lived in him. He was just “everyday junto,” […]
Capturing the Goldfields: The Pioneering Lens of William Roy Millar
The Pioneer PhotographerPublished by: Julia Robinson-White on 17 March 2020www.dustandglare.home.blog I’m sure that you will agree that we owe a great debt to the early photographers who captured life on the Goldfields that no written version of events could possibly portray. Not only are the family photographs of the people, but a record of important […]
Gullewa Goldfield: A Fleeting Boom in the Western Australian Outback
GULLEWA GOLDFIELDS The W.A. Record 27th February 1897 The Gullewa Goldfield is situated N.E. from Mingenew, 80 miles, and east of Wurarga on the Mullewa-Cue line, which is the nearest railway station, about 18 miles, and is only one day’s journey by rail from the Port of Geraldton. This new field is still in its […]
When Death Creeps in – a tale of a mine
West Australian 6 January 1934, page 4 WHILE DEATH CREEPS IN A Tale of a Mine. By Ion Idriss, author of Flynn of the Inland. It is nasty, facing Death down below, whether under sea or land. Sam Ure worked doggedly though uneasily, for the earth was creaking, a subterranean moan from tortured ground hissed […]
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