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Beware of Victorians Bearing Gifts –

16/11/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Western Mail 29 September 1938, page 11 OVER THE PLATES One Day in Early Kanowna. A couple of young Victorians blew into camp one morning with a spring cart loaded with fresh vegetables, no more than a week old at least. Every man on the field was troubled with ‘Barcoo Rot‘, so the half-withered green […]

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

The Widow Who Sued – a breach of promise

09/11/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sun Sunday 21 June 1908, page 9 THE WIDOW WHO SUED! THEN, BREACH O’ PROMISE SUITED THE MAN. An Ex Kalgoorlie Barmaid the Plaintiff (Margaret Augusta Elizabeth BRIDGELAND) and an Ex -Publican of Boulder Block the Defendant (‘Rorty’ Harry RODER) The Bridgeland- Roder breach of promise for £1,000 action was heard and concluded before Judge […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

Uncovering the Truth of Kate Cooper Bux –

02/11/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

I was recently sent the following fascinating family story by Karen Hayes. Thanks to Karen and her aunts, Jude and Kath,  for her kind permission to share the story with you. She originally contacted me to ask for transcripts from the Kalgoorlie Hospital records for her Great Grandmother and her two children. These are the […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Lawlers, Leonora, Western Australia

Dastardly and Diabolical Deed at Day Dawn

02/11/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Evening Mail – Fremantle 23 March 1908, page 1 No one will deny that Harry Goninon Smith, who at 8 o’clock this morning paid, on the scaffold at the Fremantle Prison, the last penalty for the supreme crime in the criminal calendar, was the murderer of the man, William John Clinton at Day Dawn. No […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Day Dawn, Goldfields History, murder, Western Australia

The Golden Haired Charmer –

02/11/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgoo Goldfields Chronicler – 23 December 1898, page 18 It was in the early, though not the ‘very’ early days, that Cue awoke one morning to find a charmer in its midst with golden hair that put the most glittering nugget to shame, and a sealskin jacket that brought back […]

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

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