Sunday Times – Perth – 1 July 1910, page 1 New England ‘Mt Vernon” A Promising Gold Belt told by Alfred Ives Prospector Alfred Ives tripped up the office stairs last Wednesday to offer voluminous details about the development of the New England district, a promising gold-belt located about 40 miles S.S.E. of Wiluna, having […]
The Brothers Mulcahy – a family story
W.A. Record Perth 24 December 1898, page 19 MULCAHY BROTHERS Premier Hotel keepers, FREMANTLE, PERTH, AND BOULDER CITY As Licensed Victuallers, the firm of Messrs. Mulcahy Bros is famed throughout Western Australia. They have been associated with the colony almost since the goldfields were discovered. The well-known and popular gentlemen are natives of Tipperary, the […]
When I die – author unknown
Carry me back to the bush when I die. Its there that I always could rest. Bury me deep in the deserts red earth On a dry riverbank in the west. Take me back home to the stock camp Out on the endless red plain Let my soul know the peace and the quiet Of […]
Frances Michael Connolly – grave tales
Frances ‘Frank’ Michael Connolly was born on 8th Oct 1877 in Warwick Queensland. He was the son of Dennis Connolly and Johanna Mary Callaghan both from Co Cork, Ireland. He had seven brothers and three sisters and he died of Typhoid fever in the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 13th Jan 1902. He is buried alone […]
Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 30 May 2021
Hope you are keeping warm on this chilly day. My new filing cabinet is here and now I’m waiting on my new desk to arrive. I’ve been told that no one uses filing cabinets anymore, how odd!!! Some things that have ‘turned up’ in the office move. A large box of photographs that my friend […]
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