Birrigrin Lat 27° 30′ 14” South Long 119° 31′ 13” East Birrigrin is 120 km from Wiluna and is in the Black Range District near Sandstone. It was known in the early days as the ’50 Mile’ as it was about 50 miles from Nungarra. The main source of mining in the district is gold […]
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 Mirage of Gold – Paddy Whelan’s Livesey Range Saga
Sunday Times 11 December 1932 ON THE GOLD TRAIL ‘Paddy’ – Whelan’s Claims Not Borne Out by Lugg Party A Warning That Was Justified Excitement and hopes sprung from the faith of many Australians in the stories of the famous ‘ Lasseter’s Reef,’ but faded away with the failures of several expeditions through the Western […]
The Beel Family’s Legacy: From Bendigo to Kalgoorlie
The following family story has been kindly shared by Bill Potts. Bill’s Great Grandparents were Frederick ‘Fred’ BEEL and Mary Margaret Dorothea ‘Maggie’ nee PERRY. Fred was born in 1871 in Bendigo, Victoria, and was the son of James (Jas) BEEL and Ann, nee SHADBOLT. He came to WA with his brother John to follow […]
Desert’s Deception – The Fatal Pact of Dyer and Raunio
The Truth Perth 11 January 1931, page 11 GRISLY SUICIDE PACT OF THE OUTBACK Parched, Sun-Scorched and Mocked By The Cruel Phantom Of Water TRAGIC END OF KANGAROO SHOOTERS Henry Dyer, 55, of New Zealand and Laurie Raunio/Raunis, 31, native of Orimattila, Finland, died on November 3, 1930, about 100 miles north-west of Wiluna from […]
The Camel’s Revenge – ‘Spinifex’ Alan’s Fatal Folly
The Bull Camels Murder Lust by John Drayton The man who fools with a camel is not likely to make a similar mistake if he comes out of the disagreement alive. This would have been the opinion of “Spinifex Alan” if he could have expressed an opinion after his bull camel had finished mauling him […]
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