Good Morning, Everyone, I hope your weekend is going well and that you have time for a cup of tea and a read of this week’s stories.
Recently I posted a story entitled ‘Lasseter Looks for a missing friend’
The story prompted many readers to make contact with their thoughts on the story of ‘Lasseters Gold’. I then started looking for books on Lasseter. There are soooooo many! Then I noticed something odd, this may also have happened to you at some time I’m sure. A word or a name comes to mind and all of a sudden you are seeing it everywhere. Only yesterday I was doing a lookup for an inquiry I received and another time looking up some details for a story and there he was again and again! I commented on this to the author of the above story, Chris Clark, who tells me there is a huge amount of data out there and not only in the written word but in films, video, music, and art.
There seem to be two quite definite schools of thought on Lasseter:
- Absolutely not true, in Chris’s words – ‘pernicious nature of the mischief Lasseter has inflicted on the Australian cultural landscape with his lies and fakery’. (I am in this camp)
- Probably not true but ‘You just never know’. (:
Which camp are you in, or have you never really read much about it before? I’m sure that most people will have heard the words ‘Lasseter’s Lost Reef’ at some time or another. It may interest you to watch this short Youtube video that Chris has put together. He also has a great new book: The Truth About Lasseter
This is available only as a pdf eBook, which is readable on any electronic device (PC, laptop, iPad, iPhone), and can be obtained either directly from Chris, or from the publisher Echo Books for $14.95.
What’s new this week??
1. Thanks to Mal Dunlop and his photo restoration skills, he was able to restore a series of wonderful photos on the town of Lennonville. These have now been uploaded to the Lennonville page on the OFH website.
2, We have been given permission to share a series of wonderful photographs from the Wiluna area in 1947 on various stations. The owner of the photos wishes to be anonymous but she is happy to share them. This is one example:
Harold, Mickey, Mary-Ann, Jinny Millrose Station – 1947
3. I was fortunate this week to meet Eric Hancock who is studying Charles Cooke Hunt who established a chain of wells on the route which was to later become to track from York to Coolgardie. This road and the network of wells and dams established by Hunt provided an invaluable lifeline for the thousands of prospectors rushing to the Goldfields. I look forward to seeing Eric’s work as we have a common interest in the York to Goldfields trail. This week, courtesy of Eric, we will be featuring a story on Hunt the man himself and what he achieved in his very short life.
Well, it’s goodbye from me, and I hope you have a great week. As always I love to hear from you with any comments or suggestions you may like to make. Take Care !!!
Moya Sharp
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