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Buried Alive? The Mystery of Frederick Smith at Wha Gold Mine.

24/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette – 28 May 1908, page 2 A telegraph was received at Cue from Burnakurra, stating that a trucker who was employed at the Wha GM at Errolls was killed. It also noted that the body was buried at Errolls and that no inquest was opened. The newspaper three days […]

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

Cheers for Change: Mt Morgans’ Victorious Beer Boycott

24/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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 […]

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

A Promise Kept: Retracing Carnegie’s Desert Odyssey

17/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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 […]

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

The Lonely Graves of Duck Creek: The Lyons Brothers’ Legacy

17/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Duck Creek, Goldfields History, Onslow, Stations, Western Australia

Cuddingwarra’s Golden Days: A Murchison Boom and Bust

10/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

CUDDINGWARRA Latitude 27° 22′ S Longitude 117° 47′ E Cuddingwarra was a townsite in the Murchison goldfields near Cue. When gold was first discovered in the area in 1888, the place was known as “Dead Finish”, but when the government gazetted a townsite in 1895, Cuddingwarra was the name chosen. Cuddingwarra is the Aboriginal name […]

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

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