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The people of the Goldfields

The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things

The Death of ‘Dutch’ Clark – grave tales

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Cecil Bryce (Brice) ‘Dutch’ Clark was born on 19 August 1898 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to William James Clark and Mary Jane nee Girling who were both from Berkshire in England. He was the youngest of seven children. At the age of 18yrs, in April of 1916, he joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces. He […]

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor –

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A Wandering Pommy the story of Dr Dale OBE “Search Parties Unsuccessful” The mysterious disappearance of Dr Dale, who has been missing from Kookynie since Saturday last, has caused his friends in Kookynie great uneasiness. It appears that the doctor, who has been practising at Mr M. Schneider’s pharmacy during the past five months, went […]

How the Black Camel Came for Clyde Firebrace

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Kalgoorlie Western Argus -25 December 1900, page 56 HOW THE BLACK CAMEL CAME FOR CLYDE FIREBRACE A Story of the W A Goldfields. by F. Wills Johnson. The man who told me this strange story, Bryce V Fairclough, is one of whom naught but good is spoken, and whose words are of a truth unvarnished. […]

A Policemans Lot – The story of Patrick Donovan

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I was recently sent a wonderful family story by Brian Kelly who has done an amazing job of researching the life and times of his ancestor Patrick Donovan. He has given me permission, with thanks, to reproduce an extract from the story of Patrick’s time in Western Australia. Patrick ‘Paddy’ Donovan (AKA O’Donovan) was born […]