Charlie Tyson (14 November 1897 – 23 September 1985) was an Australian Rules footballer who played with Collingwood and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s. Recruited to Collingwood from Western Australian-based Goldfields Football League side Kalgoorlie Railways, Tyson was a half-back flanker and made his VFL debut in 1920. He was named […]
Coolgardie’s Great Grudge Match – The Belle, The Boxer, and The Betrayal!
In the days of early Coolgardie, it was often the case that when a disagreement occurred, it was settled in the time-honoured way by bashing each other senseless. This was welcomed by the general population, who were somewhat starved for entertainment. It also ensured your ‘disagreement’ was well and truly ‘settled’. Coolgardie drew to the […]
Outback Riches: The Rise and Fall of Maninga Marley
The outback mining centre of Maninga Marley was situated some 27 kilometres southeast of Sandstone on the Dandaraga Station in the Black Range district. The Maninga Marley Gold Mine, from which the place takes its name, was found by prospectors Ernest Alfred Arundel and Matthew Dwyer. The claim was registered by Arundel Gold was discovered […]
Kookaburra’s Gold: Alec Epis Tale of Grit and Glory –
Alessandro ‘Alec’ EPIS ‘Kookaburra’ by Tony De Bolfo – Aug 2006 Alec Epis never married or fathered any children, but he’s never been lonely. That he says is the legacy of his Italian upbringing in one of Australia’s most inhospitable environments. “They were hard days but they were happy days”, Alex said of his boyhood […]
Reedy – ghost town of the Murchison
REEDY (Murchison Goldfields) Population in 1937 = 1300 of which 350 were Miners. Latitude 27° 08′ S Longitude 118° 17′ E The abandoned goldfields townsite of Reedy (AKA Reedy’s) is located in the Murchison Goldfields, 721 km northeast of Perth and 70 km northeast of Cue. Gold was discovered in the area by H. Reed […]
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