In May of 1923, Robert ROTHKEHL and Ernest Thompson claimed that they had struck oil at Mt Eva near Southern Cross in Prospecting area 1135. A Company was floated and shares sold. Western Mail – Perth 13 December 1923, page 26 THE OIL “BUBBLE” BURSTS. Tho discovery of oil in Lake Eva (near Southern Cross) […]
Paddy and the Snake:-
Paddy NEVIN was an elderly identity pf Kunanalling who lived by himself ina camp on the outskirts of town. Paddy had been involved in a nasty accident in his younger days, being dragged the length of a platform by a train, inflicting horrible painful injuries to his right leg. A stiff leg was to afflict […]
Swearin ‘n’ Spittin – by Arthur Dunstan
Swearin ‘n’ Spittin – Kalgoorlie Goldminers were a great bunch of blokes. Their work was hard and dangerous and most of them spent their leisure time in one of the 37 pubs. They drank beer as if it was their last day on earth. Sometimes unfortunately it was. Besides living from day to day, the […]
Double Murder Suicide – the Glass family Tragedy
Daily News, Perth – 20 February 1893 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY NEAR NORTHAMPTON. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. A FATHER SHOOTS HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. THE TREVENSON TRAGEDY A terrible tragedy has just been reported from Trevenson, 20 miles from Northampton. Yesterday afternoon, at 3 pm, William Charles Glass, aged about fifty, a squatter and long resident in this […]
The Cole Boys – a family story
Sunday Times: 6 June 1920 COLE’S FIND NEAR WILUNA – HOW A RETURNED SOLDIER DISCOVERED A GOLDFIELD (By Horace Stirling) George Cole, the discoverer of Cole’s Find, 11 miles south of Wiluna, Is a scion of a family of 15, four of whom first saw the light within an interval of eleven months. His […]
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