The Sun 3 July 1910, page 15 ALL A HERO A TALE OF THE MARGARET JIM AND BILL AND THE BOOTS. by “CROSSCUT.” THE world is full of heroes whose gallant deeds are fated to pass unrecognised and unheard of. The dizzy heights of fame are not for them; no blatant trumpet blares the bitter […]
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 Remarkable Life of William Hall –
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William Hall was born on May 17, 1851, in the bustling district of Battersea, near London, the first child of Charles Weavers Hall and Mary Bean. Little is recorded of his early years, but at the age of 25, his life took a dramatic turn when he joined the British Army and set sail for […]
The Elusive Trail of Lucky Poll –
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Western Mail 21 October 1937, page 13 Over the Plates In Search of Lucky Pol I liked that camel; she was a cunning and lucky old devil. She had pulled out one nostril when breaking away. When she bolted, if you were riding her, it was dangerous to try to pull her up, for you […]
Faith, Hope, and Charity: The Adolph Brothers Goldfields Odyssey
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Early Life in South Australia Carl Otto Georg ADOLPH, born in 1863, was the seventh child of Friedrich August ADOLPH and Wilhelmine Christiane STEIF, and the first of their children to be born in South Australia. Baptised on June 21, 1863, at Friedrichswalde (formerly Little Plain), South Australia, church records noted that his parents were […]
Crowning the Bar: The Queen of White Feather
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The Queen of White Feather A true story of the introduction of the first barmaid in Kanowna in 1896 by John Drayton. Smith’s Weekly – Sydney – 2 September 1922 TOM DOYLE, licensee of the Kanowna Hotel (White Feather) in 1896, introduced the first barmaid to the fields. There were women in the camp, and […]
