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Brutal Butchery at ‘The Boulder’:

23/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Fix this text ‘The Truth’  Saturday 11 April 1908, Westralia had hardly done ringing with the climax of the Day Dawn murder sensation of Harry Smith  of his crime of murdering his mate Clinton—the hanging only took place three weeks ago—when there occurs a tragedy in the very heart of a thickly populated centre. Boulder […]

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

The Bush Undertaker by Henry Lawson

23/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In The Bush Undertaker by Henry Lawson we have the theme of isolation, connection, friendship, curiosity, happiness, survival and control. Taken from his ‘While the Billy Boils’ collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Lawson may be exploring the theme […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Undertaker

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor!!!

23/11/2019 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, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kookynie, Western Australia

The Prettiest Weddings of the Year:

20/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following newspaper article about a local wedding was reported, as you will see, in great detail. This was very common and sometimes each wedding present received was also listed with the name of the person who gave it. , It is to remember in these days that no one had television and articles like […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Kalgoorlie boulder, wedding, Western Australia

The Heat Wave – a verse

16/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Heat Wave When the earth was parched and the sky aflame When the old year slept beyond praise or blame In an evil moment a heatwave came Some dropped the pen and some dropped the pick Some were dying, and some more were sick And sunstroke cases came fast and thick Creation dropped in […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner

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