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Tragedy at Lakeside – grave tales

14/08/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 6 May 1922, page 5 As far as can be ascertained, no one actually witnessed the accident which resulted in George Lyall Luscombe, aged 19yrs, losing his life by being run over by a wood train on the Lakeside line, near the 52-mile siding, at 5.30 a.m. on Thursday. It is known that […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor –

14/08/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

A Wandering Pommy: the story of Dr Dale OBE “Search Parties Unsuccessful” The mysterious disappearance of Dr. Dale, who has been missing from Kookynie since Saturday last, has caused his friends in Kookynie great uneasiness. It appears that the doctor, who has been practicing at Mr. M. Schneider’s pharmacy during the past five months, went […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Niagara

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 8 August 2021

07/08/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I hope your week has gone well. We have had a slight increase in temperature here, (Kalgoorlie-Boulder), which has been lovely. I hope wherever you are, this has been the case. We recently had a reader join us who lives in Boulder, but in Colorado USA. She said how odd it was that her descendants […]

Filed Under: About Outback Family History Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Leonora, Western Australia

He Nearly ‘Did a Perish’ –

07/08/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Daily News 27 October 1934, page 16 Jim Keen arrived in Kalgoorlie from out East this week with his three camels. He has prospected in several other countries besides Australia and has had some narrow shaves in the last 40 years. But he reckons the narrowest he has had was just recently when he nearly […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

“Burly” McLean Drops in by John Gary

07/08/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

from Allen Gledhill. John Gary’s great-nephew Claimed To Be Strongest Digger On three Fields “BURLY” McLEAN DROPS IN by John Gary They’re among the men who tell you that the gold rush days –  the days of overnight fortunes, bare-knuckle fights, and chamois bags of gold are gone. Those days still live! They’re as rip-roaring […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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