Although the Sydney Bulletin claimed businessmen at Coolgardie were on more payable claims than the diggers, they were not the only ones, according to E.G. ‘Dryblower’ Murphy, who wrote: A few of the lucky have dropped in on a patch And gone on … [Continue reading]
Kurnalpi Jack – on his lonesome
The Sun Kalgoorlie - 12 June 1904, page 10 KURNALPI JACK One of the Early Day Men Always operate on his Lonesome by J Drake We regret to hear that Jack Reidy (Kurnalpi Jack) is, as our American cousins would say, playing in hard … [Continue reading]
“Can I shave you. Mr. Smiler.” ???
From the pen of 'Smiler Hales' - Alfred Arthur Greenwood HALES (1860-1936) "You can't whip a mining camp for novelties". I was walking along Bayley street the other afternoon, feeling like a poet and looking like a tramp out of luck, when I saw … [Continue reading]
John Shrews TALBOT – grave tales
John Shrews TALBOT ― aged 70yrs, died on 26th August 1907, at Mulline, He was both a Battery Hand, Night Watchman and a Journalist, The cause of his death was suicide, a revolver shot, self-inflicted during a period of temporary insanity, This was … [Continue reading]
The 1942 Boulder Bombings – By Peter Skehan
BOULDER BOMBINGS "GHASTLY TRAGEDY" "TERRIBLE SCENES OF SLAUGHTER" "FOURTEEN MURDERED" … [Continue reading]