Western Mail 12 November 1936, page 11 Microbe of the Murchison He was a peculiar looking man of medium height, with long legs and hunched back. His voice was squeaky and high pitched, and he could turn his hand to anything but he liked being a cook the best of all. He had wandered around […]
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
Kambalda – in the beginning
The following article was written by Billie Ingham in 1997 for the Centenary of the town of Kambalda. The townsite of Kambalda (Red Hill) was declared under the Land Act on the 10th of December 1897. There were 81 lots and streets were named variously for leaseholders and progress committee members. According to Gil Ralph, […]
Selling the Show by The Floater
Western Mail Perth – 28 January 1937, page 13 Selling the Show by The Floater, Bulong. Dear Non-Com -This is a true story concerning the Mt. Katherine mine near Kookynie. It is about 25 miles out on the Edjudina road. I had Ted Kerry (not his correct name), one of the original prospectors, camped with me […]
Tuckanarra Cemetery – now you’re but a memory blurred
Tuckanarra Cemetery -AKA Cork Tree Flat Coordinates: -27.10872, 118.09445 41 km north of Cue Karbar Station 12 Burials – 7 children – 4 women Deserted now, no more your stirred by those in quest of gold. Now you’re but a memory blurred of what you were of old. Yet, though the camp in silence sleeps, Except for […]
Alfred Ives – prospector and staunch friend
Sunday Times – Perth – 1 July 1910, page 1 New England ‘Mt Vernon” A Promising Gold Belt told by Alfred Ives Prospector Alfred Ives tripped up the office stairs last Wednesday to offer voluminous details about the development of the New England district, a promising gold-belt located about 40 miles S.S.E. of Wiluna, having […]
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