Western Mail Perth – 29 December 1949 Snake was afraid! It was dangerous to have ‘struck it rich’ when Harrod was around . . . Snake Sherwood was just beginning his after-tea smoke when he heard the horse approaching through the mulga scrub that bordered the old opal cut. “Damn!” he muttered “Just as I […]
The Death of Stephen Grace
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Western Mail Perth -19 October 1907, page 16 AN EAST MURCHISON TRAGEDY THE DEATH OF STEPHEN GRACE – MURDERED BY NATIVES A telegram was received this afternoon from Constable Walker, who proceeded from Wiluna to bury the body of Stephen Grace, one of Kirkpatrick Bros party of prospectors who was speared through the chest by […]
Dinny O’Callaghan’s Brainwaves –
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Kalgoorlie Miner 15 Apr 1966- Dinny’s Brainwaves ‘Oysters and a Petrol Pourer’ When Coolgardie was new and luring men from all parts of the country, many interesting characters rode or trudged into town. Pint-size bantam weight Dennis ‘Dinny’ O’Callaghan arrived there only eleven days before his 18th birthday. He came to Australia with his family […]
John Reside – grave tales
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Kalgoorlie Western Argus 7 October 1902, page 19 THE LATE MR. J. RESIDE M.L.A., First Member for Hannans. The news of the sudden death of Mr. John Reside. M.L.A., first representative for the Legislative Assembly for Hannans, was received with regret throughout the goldfields and, it is not too much to say, throughout the State. […]
Mt Palmer – a grave competition
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Search for the Mt Palmer Cemetery and the grave of John Ebenezer JONES By Mike Duggan Early 1972 – Mr Ken White approached Eric Carnicelli, a member of the Southern Cross Historical Society, to see if Mr White’s grandfather’s grave at Mt Palmer could be located. He offered to pay the Historical Society $150 if […]
