Swearin ‘n’ Spittin – Kalgoorlie Goldminers were a great bunch of blokes. Their work was hard and dangerous, and most of them spent their leisure time in one of the 37 pubs. They drank beer as if it were their last day on earth. Sometimes, unfortunately, it was. Besides living from day to day, the […]
The Story of the Murchison – part 2
Following on from the first part of this tale from last week: The Story of the Murchison Part 1 Extract from a paper prepared by F Bateson and read to the WA Historical Society on 25 October 1946. Early in 1895, I (Frederick W Bateson) was offered a position at the Star of the East […]
DRAMA IN PUG TOWN — Riot, Rope and a Barmaid Named Kitty
Eastern Recorder – Kellerberrin, WA – 3 March 1933 LYNCH LAW IN Western Australia A True Story of Early Goldfields Days – by D Dinan. With my dear old friend, “Matilda” (my swag), I struck Niagara (W.A.) early in the eighteen nineties. Niagara was some town in those days —four pubs, one at each […]
One Bullet—Two Victims – The Fugitive Hector Shot During Arrest
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette – Cue 27 March 1913 – In the early months of 1913, the quiet goldfields town of Meekatharra was shaken by a dramatic and troubling incident that quickly became known locally as the “Meekatharra Shooting Sensation.” It was about nine o’clock in the evening when the disturbance occurred in […]
The Passing of Jones –
Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler – 23 December 1898, page 6 THE PASSING OF JONES by Bungarra Jones was a friend of mine!! In all fairness, I must state, however, that the connection was not of my own seeking. Like poverty, subpoenas, and subscription lists, it was thrust upon me. The first […]
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