Western Mail Perth – 16 September 1926, page 19 THE SEEKER – THE LATE BILLY FROST Prospector and Explorer By John Meiklejohn. Round the campfires of the various diggings during the 1890s, no name was more prominent than that of the late Billy Frost. He never had the fortune to make any sensational gold discovery, […]
The Boulder Hammer Murder: A Son, an Abusive Household, and a Jury’s Mercy
Daily News 28 November 1951, page 1 Hammer Murder In Boulder BOULDER – With head injuries allegedly caused by a hammer blow, a Yugoslav miner was found dead in a Boulder house at 4 a.m. today. A man living in the same house has been arrested and charged with wilful murder. He is a labourer […]
Mr Schumann – a man of enterprise!
Margaret Hartley’s ancestors had a long and varied history in the Murchison district of Western Australia. She has very kindly sent me the following photographs and details of the Schumann family. GULLEWA GOLDFIELDS – The W A Record 27th Feb 189 Gullewa Goldfield is situated N.E. from Mingenew 80 miles, and east of Wurarga on […]
From Gold to Milking Cows – in memory of Helen Astrand
While I was recently away, I was deeply saddened and quite shocked to hear of the unexpected passing of Helen Astrand. Although we were not close friends, we had known each other for many years through our work on the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Cemetery Board and our shared passion for local history. Helen, a proud Boulder girl, […]
Outback Joe – a verse
The Sun, Sunday 11 June 1899, page 5 OUTBACK JOE A LEGEND OF THE 25-MILE. You miners of Westralia! attention grant, I pray, While I relate in doggerel, a plaintive sort of lay, Wherein a sharper kind of bloke— a half Finn-German Jew — Was introduced to Out-back Joe and shown a point or two. […]