Bunbury Herald 5 June 1907, page 3 The Story of Bob and Jack A PROSPECTOR’S SACRIFICE By R. M. Cochrane Every prospector knows the dreary tracts of the Mount Margaret goldfields of Western Australia, but few are acquainted with the unspeakable dreariness of the tracks beyond, leading to the McDonnell ranges. So far as the […]
He Saw It All: An Old Man’s Memory of the Coolgardie Mosque Shooting
Sunday Times – 2 May 1954, page 15 Saw a Man Murdered in the Mosque A man who saw the murder in the Mosque at Coolgardie in the roaring days is still living in Perth. He is an 84-year-old Haji Fakhruddin, who recently retired from an active business life and is now living at the […]
The Moment Before the Rush: Jane Glass and the Birth of the Goldfields
The discovery of gold that led in turn to Golden Valley, Southern Cross, Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie and Western Australia becoming a member of the Federation is a story seldom told. This is an extract from ‘Sand and Stone Vol 1’ by Kevin Moran as follows: – On Mujakine station, Mrs Jane Glass discovered a drowned possum […]
He Followed The Call Of Gold – and helped to shape the state.
Daily News Perth 18 November 1929, page 6 Prospector – Banker – Sharebroker Charles Augustus Saw A Western Australian by birth, Mr Charles Augustus Saw, president of the Stock Exchange, Perth, was born here in the days when it was still little more than a village. Following his education at the High School in Perth, […]
A Notable Career on the Goldfields: The Life of Robert James Crawford
The following story from the family of Gavin Crawford is shared with his kind permission: All images supplied by Gavin unless otherwise stated. The Baker’s Beginning In the spring of 1875, the town of Carisbrook near Maryborough, Victoria, witnessed one of its most memorable wedding celebrations. Twenty-year-old Robert James Crawford, son of an ironmonger, married […]
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