The Sun 1 Aug 1915 SWAGMAN UNKNOWN. Age About 5O. The body of a swagman was recently found and: buried in the bush out from Coolgardie. His name was unknown, and he was about 50 years of age. In the loose mould Out from Coolgardie Bury an old . Pioneer hardy. Not old. […]
Laudanum – a panacea for all human woes!
Drug taking has been as much of a problem in the past as it is now. People have always looked for substances to aliviate their suffering either mental or physical. One such opium based drug called Laudanum was easily obtained and was even given to babies and pregnant women. It has been the cause of […]
Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery –
The first burial at Coolgardie was of a man only known as ‘Ginger’ who succumbed to a severe bout of dysentery in 1893 and was buried as ‘Buffalo’ because a copy of that Lodge’s Rule Book was found in his camp at the foot of Mt Eva. Later, an old prospector was taken to his […]
Douglas William Gray – grave tales
Douglas William ‘Dug’ GRAY, age 40yrs, Buried 12th June 1910, Anglican Section Kalgoorlie Cemetery Grave 3540. Registration 89/1910 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie). Douglas was the son of Douglas Gray and Emma Harriet PYKE. He was born in Marybrough Victoria in 1871 and was married to Mary Elizabeth GILHOLM in Boulder WA in 1900. They had two […]
Benjamin Strange – pioneer profile
Benjamin Edward (Ben) Strange (1868-1930), cartoonist, was born on 10 May 1868 at the cavalry barracks, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, son of Benjamin Strange, private in the 10th Hussars, and his French wife Augustine, née Menefoz. After serving in India, his father retired and Ben attended a London board school. He learned drawing and painting […]
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