Geraldton Guardian 12 September 1925 Crooks at the Crooked Shoot Mine by C.P.J ‘Coo-oo-ey! Coo-oo-ey!’ sounded faintly through the semi-darkness of a cloudless night, which enveloped the ‘Crooked Shoot’ gold mine, situated in a hollow between two low-lying hills in a remote part of the Murchison Goldfields. A field of mulga spread like a carpet […]
Before the Fence: The Rabbits are Coming
This article appeared just one year before the ‘Rabbit Proof Fence” was started. The fence wouldn’t be finished until 1907. This may be the first recorded sighting of rabbits on the Eastern Goldfields. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 23 October 1900 The Rabbits are Coming! Widgiemooltha Oct 15 1900 – Two local prospectors named J. Reed […]
Big K: The Brew That Built a Goldfields Empire
The Mirror – Perth 28 August 1937, page 23 Kalgoorlie Brewery’s Record of Progress, Maker of Big K Ale and Stout & Hannan Lager Only one of the 19 breweries once trading on the Goldfields has survived. That is the Kalgoorlie Brewery, and its record is one of continued progress. Three big factors in the […]
The Story of Honest Ed Turnbull
Sunday Times 10 June 1934, page 15 SOLITARY HORSEMAN WHO STARTED A GREAT GOLD RUSH Some Made Fortunes – Some Died on the Trail The following report of the discovery of Coolgardie was published in an English paper, “People.” It was written by its special correspondent at Ruckinge in Kent: “Our Special Correspondent” proceeds to […]
Bill Cutmore – A Man with a Famous Mate
Back in 1998, I was in correspondence with a lady, Joanne Shumak, whom I was assisting to look into the family history of her uncle, William Basham Cutmore, who, if not for a slip of fate, may be a name as familiar to the Goldfields as his famous mate Arthur Bayley. W. B. Cutmore was […]