Northam Courier – 2 Dec 1910, page 6 UNLUCKY JIM Thus he spoke, in tones lugubrious, “Life is but an empty dream” And its joys are just as fleeting, As projections on a screen. Naught remains but plenty trouble, Disappointments, quite a heap, Punted years on singles, doubles, Nuff to make a feller weep. Thus […]
St Albans at Menzies — The Man Who Made the Desert Bloom
The information in the following stories was kindly supplied by Gary Cowans and is reproduced with his permission. In 1876, at the age of 19, Gustave Schmidt moved from Victoria, where he was born, to NSW and purchased land 8 miles SW of Moulamein. He married Emma Rebecca BICKFORD in 1884, and his first three […]
Across the Waterless Spinifex: Jim Keen’s Ordeal
Daily News – Perth – 27 October 1934, page 16 Jim Keen, who arrived in Kalgoorlie from the East this week with three camels, has prospected in several other countries besides Australia and has had some narrow shaves in the last 40 years. But he reckons the narrowest he has had was just recently, when […]
Blood on the Goldfields: The Katherine Cane Tragedy
In March 1909, a shocking murder at Meekatharra stunned the people of the Murchison district and became one of the most widely discussed crimes on the Western Australian goldfields. The victim was Katherine Jane Cane, also known in the district as Caroline Jane Scott, a well-respected young woman who had been living apart from Donald […]
Robbery Under Arms on the Coolgardie Road-
Robbery Under Arms on the Coolgardie Road In the early days of the Goldfields, the escort used to leave Coolgardie every week with parcels of gold varying from £5000 to £50,000 in value. It was a common remark to hear passed by the diggers, who usually gathered to watch the gold being taken out of […]
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