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The Murder of Michael Naughton –

22/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun – Kalgoorlie – 22 February 1920 A MURCHISON MYSTERY UNRAVELED BY INSPECTOR MANN By the time Inspector Mann was 10 years, in the C.I.D. he was recognised as one of the ablest detectives in Australia. His only rival In WA was the late Detective Sergeant Kavanagh, but he was in charge of the […]

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

The Story of the Murchison-part 1

22/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

As told by the nephew of the Late J C Peterkin, also called J C Peterkin, in Perth, in March 1946. About the years 1889-1890, Gilles MacPherson and J C Peterkin met in Perth. Both were old Kimberley and Queensland prospectors, they had known each other for a long time but had never actually worked […]

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

A Memorial Unearthed – grave tales

15/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

An interesting tale about a grave in the Boulder cemetery. I was contacted some time ago by Peter Huntly, a relative of Annie Bell who died at the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 24th Oct 1909, and was subsequently buried in the Boulder Cemetery on the 29th of October 1909. Peter had already seen a photo […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Boulder, Cemeteries, Western Australia

A Dastardly Deed in Lefroy Street

01/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Coolgardie Miner 28 December 1897, page 5 SENSATIONAL SHOOTING. Attempted Murder by Four Armed Men A party of shop workers was held up in Forrest Street Coolgardie by two armed and masked men. There is so far no known motive for the dastardly crime and no arrests have been made. The police are baffled. One […]

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

A Pioneer Remembers – Charlie Counsel

24/09/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Daily News 2 February 1935, page 13 Pilbarra Shows the Way to the Gold Rushes Pioneer Recounts his Romantic Story By ‘Westerner’ A man who went to the Kimberleys and its goldfields in 1887, and on the morning of his 21st birthday was doing the last 18 miles of a 300-mile walk with his swag […]

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

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