The Men of the Rail Through time and space in a furious race Spurning the midnight gales. The steel steel reels on flying wheels Over the shining rails; With a good cigar in the sleepy cars, Cosy and safe and warm, Ye pay small heed to the headlong speed And the men who breast the […]
My Country by Dorothy MacKellar
20/04/2024 By 4 Comments
I am sure that just about everyone would know or has heard the second verse of this wonderful verse beginning with ‘I love a sunburnt Country’ but not many would have read the full poem which is beautiful. I have given a short biography of the author below: My Country First Know as ‘Core of […]
Early Mining and a Modern Problem by Doug Daws
20/04/2024 By 1 Comment
WHEN THE LEGACY OF EARLY MINING AT KALGOORLIE CREATED A MODERN PROBLEM This story originally appeared in the “GOLDEN MAIL” newspaper in February 1999. It has been partially rewritten to accurately reflect developments since then. Two apparently unrelated events in 1998 briefly opened a window on a little-known geological curiosity with a link to the […]
When the Law Came to Niagara –
20/04/2024 By 1 Comment
Smith’s Weekly 26 November 1927 – by John Drayton How “Justice” was served out on the Goldfields. Niagara was one of the little towns worth a column in the WA Post Office Directory of 1899 following Bob Menzies strike in September 1894. The town’s life was short, but while it was alive, it ‘LIVED’. Menzies […]
Human Gold by N E Gledhill
13/04/2024 By Leave a Comment
This sad and poignant story from the pen of N E Gledhill is kindly shared by his Great Nephew Allen Gledhill with thanks. STEVE HARDING lived with his wife in a tumble-down shanty on the outskirts of the Golden Mile. They were a queer couple. She, a diminutive, white-haired old woman, with deep-set eyes and […]
