I was recently sent the following story by Mary Mayenfisch about her Grandfather, Thomas J TOBIN, in her words of “the whole story reads like a film! “Outlander” in Australia…. “ On Easter Sunday in the time of Covid 19 – when in the throes of James Joyce “Ulysses” the Jesuit schools in Ireland came […]
The Strange Case of Baby Quinn
As we all will know, when an illegitimate child was born to a young woman in the early part of the 1900’s there was not the support available to her that there is today, and many young women were forced by circumstances to give up their baby. Also, the laws concerning the adoption of children […]
The Parched Dry Desert of Tragedy
The Truth Perth 11 January 1931, page 11 GRISLY SUICIDE PACT OF THE OUTBACK Parched, Sun-Scorched and Mocked By The Cruel Phantom Of Water TRAGIC END OF KANGAROO SHOOTERS Henry Dyer, 55, of New Zealand and Laurie Raunio/Raunis, 31, native of Orimattila, Finland, died on November 3, 1930 about 100 miles north-west of Wiluna from […]
The Passing of Jones by Bungarra
Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler – 23 December 1898, page 6 THE PASSING OF JONES by Bungarra Jones was a friend of mine!! In all fairness, I must state, however, that the connection was not of my own seeking. Like poverty, subpoenas, and subscription lists, it was thrust upon me. The first […]
The O’Dwyer Wager –
Coolgardie Mining Review 27 June 1896, page 5 The O’Dwyer Boys By A. G. HALES (“Smiler”) and JACK DRAYTON. About a quarter of a mile from the Hill End mine in one of the deepest gullies amongst the ranges thirteen men were grouped around a roaring fire. These men were the O’Dwyer Brothers, and you […]
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