Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Daily News 2 February 1935, page 13 Pilbarra Shows the Way to the Gold Rushes Pioneer Recounts his Romantic Story By 'Westerner' A man who went to the Kimberleys and its goldfields in 1887, and on the morning of his 21st birthday was … [Continue reading]
A Swansea Editor and his Australian Goldmine by Alwyn Evans A long-awaited history of the Sons of Gwalia goldmine at Leonora. Assiduous research into the Welsh and Australian origins of this famous mine by Alwyn Evans for a thesis, now … [Continue reading]
The early miners’ staple diet consisted of ‘Damper and Tinned Dog’, washed down by the inevitable mug of black tea – a meal sufficiently filling to satisfy the cravings of appetites blunted by protracted periods of roughing it in the … [Continue reading]
Sunday Times: 22 December 1907 OLD "Boney Brim" and his old mate Jolly, walked deliberately into the bar of The Miners' Arms, at Cue, and each drank a pint of beer. The contract for sinking the main shaft of the Old Warden mine … [Continue reading]
Sunday Times Perth 31 January 1909, page 1 You have heard of Jim Connolly! He was a great bushman and a line prospector and could fire two revolvers at once. The left hand was as deadly as the right, and either was certain death if Jim had … [Continue reading]
