DUKETON 27° 38′ 30” South , 122° 16′ 49” East Duketon is named after brothers Jack and Charles Duke who with P. Hayes and J McDonald discovered gold here in 1897. A small town developed from around 1900, but only lasted a few years, as by the outbreak of WW1, much of the mining had […]
The Women of the Outback –
Western Mail Perth ‘Christmas Number’ 25 December 1905, page 61 Woman of the Out Back by Val Jameson. Seen under favourable circumstances, in the comfortable environments of city homes, one does not suspect the amount of grit possessed by the average Australian woman. Generally speaking, she is not aware of her own powers of fortitude. […]
Dr Henry Augustus Ellis – pioneer profile
Henry Augustus Ellis (1861-1939) physician and politician, was born on 21 July 1861 at Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland, fourth son of Colonel Francis Ellis of the Enniskillen Fusiliers and Louisa McMahon. He was educated at St Columba’s College, Dundrum, and then privately at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, before studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1879 (M.B., 1884; […]
A Station Reinvented -by mike duggan
I have often come across stories of building which have been moved from place to place in the Goldfields mailnly because of the cost of bringing building materials to the region. This is why most abandoned towns have no buildings left to see. It is quite understandable that the buildings themselves should be moved or […]
Menzies Murderer Hanged
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 10 May 1904, page 29 MENZIES MURDERER EXECUTED PERTH, May 4 1904 – Mianoor Mahomet, the Menzies murderer, was hanged at Fremantle this morning, a couple of minutes after the appointed hour, 8 o’clock. The doomed man had only to step across a few paces of the open yard to the house […]
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