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The  Long Walk from Fremantle to Coolgardie.

12/08/2023 By Moya Sharp 11 Comments

West Australian Perth – 3 September 1938, page 16 The  Long Walk from Fremantle to Coolgardie. The experiences of two women. Two Melbourne women, who walked from Fremantle to Coolgardie during the gold rush days, have come to Western Australia for the “Back to the Goldfields” celebrations (These events were held regularly in both Coolgardie […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Coolgardie, Southern Cross, Western Australia

Too Late to Say Goodbye –

12/08/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Fri 17th Jul 1942 Kalgoorlie Miner BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED ON WARBURTON RANGES TRACK LAVERTON AMBULANCE LONG TRIP About noon yesterday, the Laverton ambulance commenced a 200-mile trip each way along Warburton Ranges to attend a boy seriously injured when run over by a tractor trailer. The boy is John  William Wade, the 13-year-old son of Mr […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Goldfields History, Mt Margaret, Warburton, Western Australia

The Fighting Leane’s

05/08/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The following story was sent to me by Kerry Satchwell. She is not related to the Leane family, but lives in a house that used to belong to them in Swanbourne, Perth WA. While researching the house’s history she came across their amazing story. The Leane family would, in the words of official war historian […]

Filed Under: Places & Towns, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia, WW1

The Monte Christo Quarry – by D Daws

05/08/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This story was originally presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Soc in 2018. It is now reproduced here with the permission of the author, Doug Daws. When Paddy Hannan and his partners, Flanagan and Shea, discovered gold at Kalgoorlie in June 1893, they were quickly surrounded by literally thousands of other gold prospectors who, too, […]

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

Murchison Reminiscences

05/08/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Umpire – 24 December 1901, page 4 LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS A Few Murchison Reminiscences by D T Morgan If the man who battled for the precious metal 0n the Murchison five or six years ago dropped down there again and expected to find things as they were, he would be sadly disappointed. True, […]

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

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