The following story was told by Jack Drayton, well know in the early Goldfields days as a journalist and a prospector. From the day he arrived in Coolgardie in 1894 Joe Hogan was a “loner”, who never had a mate and never told anyone where he was going, although he always came back to town […]
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
Black Flag – ghost towns
BLACK FLAG:- R H Henning and party pegged the Black Flag lease which in October 1894 was reported to be ‘doing very well.’ The property was sold the following year to Lord Sudley’s syndicate for $48,000. By this time men were opening up their claims, many with good results. In December, the following year, there […]
The Brown Hill Extended Catastrophe
Kalgoorlie Miner 28th August 1903 DOUBLE FUNERAL— The funeral of the two victims of the underground tragedy at the Brown Hill Extended mine, was largely attended yesterday. The body of Samuel Eva was removed from has brothers residence at Maritana Hill, Kalgoorlie, and the procession was joined, opposite the Boulder Post Office, by that following […]
Merchants -v- Miners ‘when theres a gold rush, sell shovels!’
“When there is a gold rush, ‘Sell Shovel’s’ was a term coined in the California Gold Rushes but it can be said to be true of the Gold Rushes in Australia. Many merchants selling everything from mining equipment to ribbons made more money that most miners ever dreamed of. The following is a snapshot of […]
Late Beloved Son – grave tales
Kalgoorlie Miner 12th Feb 1925 BROWN — The friends of Mr and Mrs J. H. Brown and family are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late beloved son and brother respectively, George Brown (formerly of the Midland workshops) to the Church of Christ portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The funereal will leave their […]
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