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Menzies Murderer Hanged:

09/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916), Tuesday 10 May 1904, page 29 MENZIES MURDERER EXECUTED PERTH, May 4 1904 – Mianoor Mahomet, the Menzies murderer, was hanged at Fremantle this morning, a couple of minutes after the appointed hour, 8 o’clock. The doomed man had only to step across a few paces of […]

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

Kanowna Cemetery a grave condition.

09/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Last week you may have read a shjort blog post on the Kanowna Cemetery. In this story I included a newspaper article from tnhe 1920’s which complained of the deplorable condition of ‘Gods Acre’ at Kanowna. For this article I decided to take a trip out there and to take some ‘now’ photos of some […]

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

The remarkable love life of Beth Maynard:

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following story is one of the most unusual I have read for some time. It really does fit into the category of ‘Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales’ The story starts SA and ends in NSW but has a Goldfields link!!! It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author,Annie McKay O’Riley,  from […]

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

Manslaughter in the Mulga – how Fulton fell

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth (Perth)  20 August 1910, page 6 ‘Kanowna Kase’ Manslaughter in the Mulga How Fulton Fell Cox Committed The little Kanowna Police Court was crowded last Thursday, when the visiting magistrate, Mr. W. A. G. Walter, presided over an inquiry concerning the death of a man named Henry Fulton. The three jurymen were Messrs Mainstone, […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Jubilee, Kanowna, Western Australia, White Feather

John Joseph Williams -pioneer profile

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Peter Phillips has kindly shared this wonderful story of his Great Great Uncle John Joseph Williams: John Joseph Williams was born on the 10th December 1855 in Creswick Victoria. His parents were John Williams (1822-1898) and Mary Ann CRAPP (1835-1920). He married Sarah Jane EDWARDS, the daughter of Robert Edwards and Elizabeth Brown on 15 […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Diorite King, Goldfields History, Leonora, Menzies

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