The following article is reproduced with the kind permission of the author Rod Milne and the Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc . The article first appeared in the publication, ‘Light Railways’ June 2014. A rare photograph of a loaded wood train posed at Kurramia. Motive power is almost certainly ex WAGR G 127 […]
In The Future – by Prospect Good
In The Future by Prospect Good Oh what will the bush bards sing in time When the digging days are done? When the roaring times have been sung in rhymes The yarns of the past all spun? When there’s no new field to rush and work And never a campfire gleams When the stampers’ roar […]
Ante and Petrica – a love story
The following story is an extract with kind permission from – ‘For a Better Life, Yugoslavs on the Goldfields of Western Australia 1890-1970 by Dr Criena Fitzgerald. One of the most tragic love stories was that of Ante Mateljan and Petrica Mikovic (Micovich). Luka Markovich, a friend of Ante Mateljan, brought Petrica’s photograph back to […]
Arthur King or Theo Herchler – grave tales
Arthur KING – real name Theodore HERCHLER Born in Germany in September 1859. As a young man, Arthur was a student of the Conservatoire of Music where he graduated with honours. He then started working with Gilbert and Sullivan, and Doyle Carte in England as a repetiteur or rehearsal pianist. On the 22nd October 1890, […]
The French Chef and his family
This is quite a well-known photograph, but until recently, I had not known who the people were. I have been contacted by Glenda Slan, who was able to tell me about the photograph and some of her family history. Glenda said, “The gentleman is my great great Grandfather Louis Fremery (he was French and a […]
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