Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
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]
Hasty's Grave This grateful country cherishes the fine courageous band Who pioneered the wilderness, and founded our great land And so it is appropriate that the name of one so brave Be printed on our outback maps, marked simply 'Hasty's … [Continue reading]
Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from? Western Australia has many places with odd names, but I think the following is one of the most unusual I have come across. Many years ago I … [Continue reading]
