Due to a close family bereavement, I am unable to send you a newsletter this week. My apologies. It has been quite impossible to focus on anything. … [Continue reading]
The Crudace Brothers –
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The following stories about the Crudace brothers was written by their nephew, the late John William Green who was the son of their sister, Clara Elizabeth CRUDACE who married William Henry GREEN from Boulder. John was born in Kanowna in 1905 and died … [Continue reading]
A Fatal Premonition – Michael Madden
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I had been researching the accidental death of this miner because of an entry I found in the Annual Report from the Department of Mines for 1897 which stated, that a miner called 'John Madden' had been killed in an accident on the Goongarrie GM. As … [Continue reading]
The Doubly Deserted –
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Western Mail 25 December 1905, page 10 The Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson Up in the heavens, a westering sun cast oblique rays, still fiercely hot, on the parched bush that stretched its shrivelled growth as far as the eye could see from the … [Continue reading]
After the Crushings Over –
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After the Crushing's Over by W Gregory. Our beers cut down, and our creditors frown, And it's hard to raise a pot, But we've worked down hard on me and my pard, And found troubles quite a lot But they'll soon be o’er, and we'll pay our … [Continue reading]
