BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903. – A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday’s date from Mt. Morgans, states: A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the contest lasting exactly 48 hours. The miners, led by Captain Frampton, held a meeting on Friday night […]
A Promise Kept: Retracing Carnegie’s Desert Odyssey
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Kalgoorlie Miner 10th Jul 1996 When 69-year-old Perth man Dr William Peasley led his party of men and camels down the streets of Coolgardie, he was fulfilling a promise he made more than a decade ago to the nephew of explorer David Carnegie. In 1995, Dr Peasley visited the Carnegie home, Kinnaird Castle in Scotland […]
The Lonely Graves of Duck Creek: The Lyons Brothers’ Legacy
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John O’Malley LYONS, known as Jack. Died 4 April 1945, aged 70 years, on Duck Creek Station 140 miles east of Onslow. Present at the burial was C. C. Dalton. The grave is about 2 ½ miles south-west of the station camp on the west bank of the Serpentine Creek. John Lyons was a Pastoralist […]
Building a Dynasty: The Cock Family’s Journey in Western Australia
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I was recently sent some wonderful photographs from the family album of Jon Berry who is a descendant of the Cock family. Alma Godfrey (nee Cock) was his late grandmother. Thanks to Jon for sharing them with us. William Nicholas Cock, born October 7, 1870, in Moonta, South Australia, to William Cock and Dinah Tamblyn, […]
The Island of the Dead: Uncovering Lake Austin’s Cemetery
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You may wonder why the cemetery at Lake Austin in Western Australia is called “The Island”. It’s because it is located on an island within Lake Austin, a saltpan in the Murchison region. The town of Austin, now abandoned, was also situated on this island and was locally known as “Lake Austin” or “The Island […]
