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The Ragged Thirteen- a verse

21/06/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sunday Times 21 August 1938, page 21 A Rhyme of the Ragged Thirteen (By Dryblower Murphy.) The cases of fizz are on the ice, the table turkey’s trussed (Hang the bother and hang the price when its vintage versus dust). There’s crooners to croon and a band to play, speeches and toasts in turn, And […]

Red Dust Revival – 12-15 Sep 2019

21/06/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The LAKE PERKOLILLI RED DUST REVIVAL 2019 12 to 15 September ON A CLAYPAN NEAR KALGOORLIE, Western Australia AUSTRALIA’S MOTOR SPORT MAVERICKS HEAD BUSH 19 June 2019 It’s called sacrilege! Desecration! A travesty! Covering precious antique race cars and bikes in sticky red dust and driving them at extraordinary speeds. The drivers of 100 pre-war […]

Sparta Soccer Club-

16/06/2019 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

The following photographs have been shared by Outback Family History reader, Gwen Dundon. Her father, David A Reed, was one of the players. Sparta Soccer Club 1935 Winners Mewburn league Cup & Nicholson Cup Back Row: L-R Dresa, Rocki, Botica, Silich, Evas, Frankovich, Vlasich Centre Row: Franich, Woodland (V Capt), Olds (President), David Reed (Captain), […]

Australian Sikh & Hindu – Indian Wrestlers

16/06/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide range of venues, for example; Massa Singh fought Australian Harry Pearce for a purse of £100 ($200) in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, […]

Tales from the Old Camp – The Murder of Nurse Gregory

15/06/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sunday Times 5th November 1911 Recently, in the Old Coolgardie Cemetery, a kindly hand repainted the lettering on a rough wooden tomb slab erected to the memory of Arthur Court the son of the late Dr Court, the once well-known philanthropist of Melbourne. The young fellow had been drinking heavily for months in mid […]