Truth – Perth – 19 January 1930, page 6 So he bore to the North! The indent of his big toe that protruded through his worn boot faintly marked the dry dust as he went. All sinewy and almost as straight as a sapling that nature has bent, just a fraction, where the shoulder stem […]
From Woolgar to Yunndaga: A Forgotten Chapter of the Gold Rush
YUNNDAGA Latitude 29° 45′ S Longitude 121° 03′ E Yunndaga is an abandoned town on the Western Australian goldfields located 7 km south of Menzies. Gold was discovered in the area in the mid-1890s, and in 1898, a business and residence subdivision was laid out at what was then referred to as Woolgar. Business and […]
The Lake Eva Oil Hoax: A Tale of Deception on the WA Goldfields
In the early days of the WA Goldfields, there were, as there are now, conmen who wanted to make a dollar without working. This is one such story. In May of 1923, Robert ROTHKEHL and Ernest THOMPSON claimed that they had struck oil at Lake Eva, 55km south-east of Southern Cross, in Prospecting Area 1135. […]
Gold Fever Dreams: An Amateur Prospector’s Journey
I was seized with gold fever in early 1894. I started off with a few friends in quest of fortune and reached Perth after a voyage of little interest, ten days out from Melbourne, to find the place with a large population of tent dwellers. They were either preparing their equipment to start out into […]
Along The Road To Linden – for Patrick McCormack
Along the Road to Linden was written for William Patrick McCormack, who perished there in 1897. Along the road to Linden where the stunted gum trees wave Is the land of memories, a lonely miner’s grave A hallowed spot, ‘Where all who pass should stop’ And tribute pay. Lonely he rests a rest he must […]
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