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Beware of Victorians Bearing Gifts –

19/08/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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: Dolly Pot, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia

The  Long Walk from Fremantle to Coolgardie.

12/08/2023 By Moya Sharp 11 Comments

West Australian Perth – 3 September 1938, page 16 The  Long Walk from Fremantle to Coolgardie. The experiences of two women. Two Melbourne women, who walked from Fremantle to Coolgardie during the gold rush days, have come to Western Australia for the “Back to the Goldfields” celebrations (These events were held regularly in both Coolgardie […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Coolgardie, Southern Cross, Western Australia

The Monte Christo Quarry – by D Daws

05/08/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This story was originally presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Soc in 2018. It is now reproduced here with the permission of the author, Doug Daws. When Paddy Hannan and his partners, Flanagan and Shea, discovered gold at Kalgoorlie in June 1893, they were quickly surrounded by literally thousands of other gold prospectors who, too, […]

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

Murchison Reminiscences

05/08/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Umpire – 24 December 1901, page 4 LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS A Few Murchison Reminiscences by D T Morgan If the man who battled for the precious metal 0n the Murchison five or six years ago dropped down there again and expected to find things as they were, he would be sadly disappointed. True, […]

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

Where is the ‘Pig Rock’?

29/07/2023 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

I’m sure that many of you will have heard of ‘Frog Rock’ just near the turn off to Kookynie. But has anyone heard of the ‘Pig Rock’ in Coolgardie? Where is Pig Rock ? from an undated article in the Coolgardie Newspaper in the 1980’s. Coolgardie Shire Councillors are taking more than a casual glance […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery

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