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 […]
Cheers for Change: Mt Morgans’ Victorious Beer Boycott
24/05/2025 By 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 […]
A Promise Kept: Retracing Carnegie’s Desert Odyssey
17/05/2025 By 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 […]
The Lonely Graves of Duck Creek: The Lyons Brothers’ Legacy
17/05/2025 By 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 […]
Cuddingwarra’s Golden Days: A Murchison Boom and Bust
10/05/2025 By 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 […]
