The Black Tracker Swart bloodhounds of the fenceless West, Black gallopers that lead the Law, To whom your victims stand confessed By every lightest line they draw; The hawks that high above you sail Have eyes less keen to pierce the blue, The dingo on his hunting trail Runs slacker in the chase than you! […]
The Prospector who dug his own grave-
Sunday Times – 22 September 1940, page 10 The Prospector Who Dug His Own Grave The story of Franz Horneg (AKA Franz ERDMAN), a German and Anthon Johansen, called ‘The Swede’ (but was Norwegian), is a true story, yet if it had occurred to a fiction writer, the author would have probably rejected it as […]
50 Years With The Pan –
Daily News Perth 4 March 1930, page 6 50 YEARS WITH THE PAN Last Saw Perth in1891 Blind, with his health failing and with little of this world’s goods left, one of Western Australia’s oldest prospectors boarded the train at Wiluna yesterday to make the 700 mile trip to Perth. It was Mr. Harry Jacobsen, […]
Mother Dead Finish:
Not all of our intrepid pioneers were men, some very courageous and formidable women also made history in the Australian Outback. This is the story of one such lady: THE KIMBERLEY GOLD RUSH by C E. Flinders Colourful Characters Amongst the remarkable people who joined in the Kimberley rush was Mrs. O’Neil, otherwise known as […]
New Book Review – Shooting Through by Katrina Kittel
Shooting Through: Campo 106 escaped POWs after the Italian armistice by Katrina Kittel The stories of WW2 prisoner of war (POW) escapers from a cluster of rice farms in Italy known then as Campo 106 include Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians from all states. West Australians who enlisted into the 2/28th and 2/32nd Battalions, as well […]
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