Arthur Cyril LEEVERS was born on the 9th of March 1866 at Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England. His parents were John LEEVERS and Mary Ann RATHY. In 1872 he travelled to New Zealand with his parents and brothers. He married twice, 1st to Isabella HEBLY in June 1886 in Wellington, New Zealand and 2nd to Alma […]
Wild West Deeds at Bullfinch –
Call News-Pictorial Perth – 7 September 1928, page 2 WILD WEST DEEDS AT BULLFINCH Love Lorn Migrant’s Reign of Terror Ends With Bullet Sensational Incidents Follow Rejected Affection Because he loved fifteen-year-old Dorothy Cook, the daughter of a local farmer, a youthful migrant entered upon a series of sensational exploits of terror at Bullfinch on […]
Lost in the Bush by Rodney Creek
Mirror Perth – 27 December 1907, page 16 AUSTRALIAN BUSH YARN by Rodney Creek, an old Bushman Lost in the Bush. It is doubtful if, for bodily and mental anguish, anything can much exceed the hardships of one who is lost in the bush, more especially so when those sufferings are accentuated by the lack […]
Jesse Young – a life well lived
The following amazing story has been sent to me by John Hollands, who is the Great Grandson of Jesse Young. What an adventurous life he lead. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 12 October 1909, page 31 THE DEATH OF MR JESSE YOUNG The death occurred suddenly on Friday of Mr Jesse Young, a gentleman who had been […]
Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson
Western Mail 25 December 1905, page 10 Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson Up in the heavens, a westering sun cast oblique rays, still fiercely hot, on the parched bush that stretched its shrivelled growth as far as the eye could see from the prospectors’ camp. Nearby, a windlass under a roof of boughs stood on […]
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