In the early days of Coolgardie, there was no provision for holding prisoners pending their appearance in court, so Corporal McCarthy chopped a four-foot log from a three-foot thick trunk of a blown down salmon gum to which they were chained by a strong steel staple at one end and handcuffs at the other. (A […]
Leonard Elvey’s Last Trip – pioneer profile
Found by John Pritchard during his research into those buried in the Cue Cemetery – Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 6 April 1895, page 2 DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN PROSPECTOR. Leonard Elvey’s Last Trip Throughout West Australia, or wherever diggers may be met who have been associated with these goldfields, the news of Leonard […]
Margaret Morgan – grave tales
Margaret Morgan nee McGree was born in Bowden, South Australia on 18th September 1867. She was the daughter of Patrick McGree and Elizabeth Dunne. She was the fifth child of Patrick and Elizabeth who had in total of 14 children. In 1892 Margaret she married James Morgan (possibly in Tasmania or SA) and they had […]
The Biggest Scamp in the Camp – by A G Hales
The Biggest Scamp in the Camp by A G ‘Smiler’ Hales The rough log shanty was flooded with warm red light, the bark still clung to the unhewn cedar trunks out of which the hut was built, the floor, though scrupulously clean, was of clay and the table in the centre of the room was […]
Jarlach DUFFY – ‘A Dynasty’s Harsh Beginning’
If you were to visit the Perth offices of Eyers Reed Ltd, 45 floors up from the city of Perth with views of the Swan River and Darling Ranges, it takes considerable effort that this modern share broking firm with a turnover of tens of millions had its beginning on the Goldfields of Western Australia. […]
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