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When the Law Came to Niagara:

04/05/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Smith’s Weekly 26 November 1927 by John Drayton How “Rough Justice” Was Served Out On Goldfields Niagara was one of the little camps worth a column in the W.A. Post Office Directory of 1899 that followed Bob Menzie’s strike in September, 1894. Its life was short, but while it was alive, it ‘LIVED’. Menzies find […]

Filed Under: Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Niagara, Western Australia

Boney Brims Contract:

20/04/2019 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Sunday Times : 22 December 1907 OLD “Boney Brim” and his old mate Jolly, walked deliberately into the bar of The Miners’ Arms, at Cue, and each drank a pint of beer. The contract for sinking the main shaft of the Old Warden mine another hundred feet, had just been let, and the two mates […]

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

The Day Dawn Christmas Tragedy:

06/04/2019 By Moya Sharp 20 Comments

I have read of many tales of hardship and awful accidents over the years, but the following story is without doubt, one of the saddest and most tragic of all I have ever come across. I first read about it 11 years ago when I was contacted by Ian Leithhead, who asked me to assist […]

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

The Meekatharra Hero – by A E Wallace

25/03/2019 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

The Meekatharra Hero Rise up you noble warriors Australia’s boldest sons; And stand at ease a moment Behind Australia’s guns. For we’ve just unearthed a hero Who should commandeer the cake, Who, alone and unassisted Killed a deadly twelve inch snake. Talks of Roosevelt in the jungle And his tales of blood and gore. How […]

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

The Kangaroo Dog – ‘Roo Dogs’

30/11/2018 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

The first Australian dog breed ever created, was the Australian Kangaroo dog, today known as a Staghound. Another names these dogs is ‘roo dog’. The first Australian dog breed ever created, was the Australian Kangaroo dog, today known as a Staghound. Other names these dogs go by is roo dog. The kangaroo dog type was […]

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

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