Daily News – Perth – 27 October 1934, page 16 Jim Keen, who arrived in Kalgoorlie from the East this week with three camels, has prospected in several other countries besides Australia and has had some narrow shaves in the last 40 years. But he reckons the narrowest he has had was just recently, when […]
Blood on the Goldfields: The Katherine Cane Tragedy
In March 1909, a shocking murder at Meekatharra stunned the people of the Murchison district and became one of the most widely discussed crimes on the Western Australian goldfields. The victim was Katherine Jane Cane, also known in the district as Caroline Jane Scott, a well-respected young woman who had been living apart from Donald […]
Robbery Under Arms on the Coolgardie Road-
Robbery Under Arms on the Coolgardie Road In the early days of the Goldfields, the escort used to leave Coolgardie every week with parcels of gold varying from £5000 to £50,000 in value. It was a common remark to hear passed by the diggers, who usually gathered to watch the gold being taken out of […]
The Schoolmistress Who Vanished—The Strange Double Life of Margaret Bale
The Disappearance of Margaret Bale In December 1909, Margaret Bale, a 25-year-old schoolteacher who had spent three years teaching at the Sisters of the Church school at Lamington Heights, Kalgoorlie (now a private House at 26 Ward Street, Lamington), left the goldfields intending to return to England. She travelled to Perth and stayed with friends […]
Red Flannel Joe of Peak Hill
Western Mail – Perth – 28 February 1935, page 9 He is known as ‘Red Flannel Joe’ throughout the district. He is old and somewhat pompous and lives in a tin hut in what was once the main street of this little north-west town of Peak Hill. It’s almost deserted now, and Joe’s structure is […]
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