I hope that you have had a good week! It’s been quite an exciting time in Kalgoorlie Boulder with the cast and crew from the new ‘Mystery Road’ series being filmed here. For those, of you who haven’t watched it yet, and who love the real outback of Australia, you will love it. Here is a trailer- Mystery Road
I have just been reading about the 20 countries where the people are the most patriotic. 1 = USA 2 = India and
3 = Australia, which is great don’t you think. You may already know that I am not Australian by birth but am from the North of England, near Newcastle Northumberland. I have only been back to the UK twice. Once to meet my new mother in law in 1974 and then on my own at 22yrs old. I have been told that I still seem very ‘English’. My daughter has also been asked if she is English as she must have picked up my accent. However, I don’t sound at all like my brother who sounds like he got off the boat yesterday. Sometimes my daughter has asked me to say things with my ‘Geordie’ accent which she finds hilarious. I am proud to be British but I am also fiercely [patriotic about Australia. I have always loved history and had already been studying for my History O Levels in England before we came to Australia when I was 15.
It wasn’t until I moved to Kalgoorlie-Boulder 33yrs ago that I started really being interested in Western Australian history. The other places I have lived in had mostly been in new areas with not much ‘visible’ history. It was also about the time I became a huge fan of the ‘Arthur Upfield’ books. He too was a British ExPat and he fell in love with the Australian Bush. He loved what he called ‘The Real Australia’ far away from the cities and towns. he wrote:
In me was born a passionate love for the Australian bush which will burn until the end, a love stronger than love of family, so strong that even now it threatens to claim me – Arthur Upfield.
He wrote his stories from his own experiences as a boundary rider, a stockman, etc, and is noted as being one of the most prolific Australian authors of his time noted worldwide for his fictional detective Napoleon Bonaparte AKA “BONY”. Upfield wrote over 35 titles including 250 short stories.
I hope that you enjoy this week’s stories
.
Moya Sharp
Latest posts by Moya Sharp (see all)
- Blood on the Mulga Plains: The Last Day of John Sutherland - 28/02/2026
- A Brother’s Return in Mourning: Tragedy on the Coolgardie Goldfields - 28/02/2026
- The Contract at Old Warden Shaft - 28/02/2026
Leave a Reply