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Arthur Cranbrook Ashwin – prospector and pastoralist

23/05/2020 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The following biography and photographs have been kindly supplied by Jeffrey Oates, whose wife is the great-granddaughter of Arthur Cranbrook Ashwin, a prospector/pastoralist of note in the Lake Darlot area in the late 1800’s until his death in 1930.  This is his story- Arthur Cranbrook Ashwin was born on 12 November 1850 in Adelaide, South […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Darlot, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Suicide, Cyanide and Scones –

23/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Murchison Advocate 27 February 1904, page 3 Suicide and Attempted Murder. A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR At Boulder this morning, Alexander Solomon, a notorious character and well known to the police, was arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a young fellow named Thomas Rassmussen. While being searched in the lockup at the police station, he […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, murder, Poison, Western Australia

Alick and Nunginna- a love story

23/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 5 May 1937, page 1 TRIBAL LAW DRAMA ERRING COUPLE PUNISHED The story of a drama, among the aboriginal people of the Laverton district has been received at Kalgoorlie.  A young woman called Nunginna, had fallen in love with a boy named Alick, She had deserted her husband and run away with Alick. […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Aboriginal History, Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Deserted Camp by Jules Raeside

16/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Deserted Camp by Jules Raeside 1929 Deserted now- no more you stir’d By those in quest of gold Now you’re but a memory blurr’d Of what you were of old Yet though the camp of silence sleeps Except for songs of birds There’s language in your silent heaps More eloquent than words. You speak […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History

The Widow who Sued!

16/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sun Sunday 21 June 1908, page 9 THE WIDOW WHO SUED! THEN, BREACH O’ PROMISE SUITED THE MAN. An Ex Kalgoorlie Barmaid the Plaintiff (Margaret Augusta Elizabeth BRIDGELAND) and an Ex -Publican of Boulder Block the Defendant (Harry RODER) The Bridgeland- Roder breach of promise for £1,000 action was heard and concluded before Judge Pring […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

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