Eastern Recorder – Kellerberrin WA – 3 March 1933 LYNCH LAW IN Western Australia A True Story of Early Goldfields Days – by D Dinan. With, my dear old friend, “Matilda” (my swag), I struck Niagara (W.A.) early in the nineties. Niagara was some town in those days —four pubs, one at each […]
Aviation Pioneers of the Outback- part 3
Aviation Pioneers of the Outback of WA part 3 (Final) – by John Pritchard Connellan Airways Pty Ltd Mr Edward John Connellan became a businessman after being a teacher and then developed a passion for aviation around 1936 and his family had interests in the rural sectors Victoria and New South Wales. In 1937, he […]
The Great Beer Strike of 1903 – Victory !!!!
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 […]
Heres’ to you Mrs Robinson – a pioneering woman
This photograph was taken at Lake View Consoles GM in Kalgoorlie in 1896. It shows a group of gold prospectors and miners, including adventurous natural-geologist and pioneering prospector Robert (‘Bobby’) Robinson and his wife, Annie, standing at the right of the group. Not many woman are depicted in these earlier photographs, many choosing to stay […]
Aviation Pioneers of the Outback of WA
Aviation Pioneers of Outback Western Australia – First Sixty Years by John Pritchard – Part 1 Introduction In the 100 year anniversary of the passing of legislation by the Australian Parliament in 1920 to regulate aviation in Australia , this document reflects back on the beginnings of aviation and the achievements attained over the first […]
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