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Dinny O’Callaghan’s Brainwaves –

16/03/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 15 Apr 1966- Dinny’s Brainwaves ‘Oysters and a Petrol Pourer’ When Coolgardie was new and luring men from all parts of the country, many interesting characters rode or trudged into town. Pint-size bantam weight Dennis ‘Dinny’ O’Callaghan arrived there only eleven days before his 18th birthday. He came to Australia with his family […]

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

John Reside – grave tales

16/03/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 7 October 1902, page 19 THE LATE MR. J. RESIDE M.L.A., First Member for Hannans. The news of the sudden death of Mr. John Reside. M.L.A., first representative for the Legislative Assembly for Hannans, was received with regret throughout the goldfields and, it is not too much to say, throughout the State. […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Mt Palmer – a grave competition

16/03/2024 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Search for the Mt Palmer Cemetery and the grave  of John Ebenezer JONES By Mike Duggan Early 1972 – Mr Ken White approached Eric Carnicelli, a member of the Southern Cross Historical Society, to see if Mr White’s grandfather’s grave at Mt Palmer could be located. He offered to pay the Historical Society $150 if […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mt Palmer, Palmers Find, Southern Cross

Death at Dingo Creek –

09/03/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Malcolm Chronicle and Leonora Advertiser 18 January 1902 DEATH FROM THIRST ANOTHER SAD TALE FROM THE BOOK OF THE BUSH On Saturday morning of last week, two Italians, named Bortolo and Joe Marinoni left Anaconda Copper Mine, where they were employed, with the intention of visiting a relative who was in the Malcolm Hospital.  The […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Malcolm, Western Australia

An Aboriginal ‘Don Juan’

09/03/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37401376/3453908# Western Mail 25 December 1909, page 91 AN ABORIGINAL DON JUAN By DAISY M. BATES Opportunity makes the thief, and circumstance not infrequently makes the hero or the villain. It was a happy circumstance that delayed Nyooneemurra’s arrival into the world until a few years after white settlement had taken place in his district. […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Aboriginal, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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