West Australian 9 February 1925 A COOLGARDIE HORROR Ammonia Cylinder of Death Three People Killed DISTRESSING SCENES – The most distressing tragedy ever known in Coolgardie occurred in the early hours of this morning, as the outcome of a destructive fire at Messrs Mulligan and Kemp’s butcher’s shop, in Bayley Street, Coolgardie. The alarm was […]
The Loaded Dog – a short story by Henry Lawson
The Loaded Dog Dave Regan, Jim Bently, and Andy Page were sinking a shaft at Stony Creek in search of a rich gold quartz reef which was supposed to exist in the vicinity. There is always a rich reef supposed to exist in the vicinity; the only questions are whether it is ten feet or […]
Across the Empty West — A Young Man’s Camel Trek to Coolgardie
Southern Cross News 17 September 1953, page 3 ALFRED HEATH TOOK CAMELS TO COOLGARDIE IN 1894 – AGED 20 Alfred Heath took an important part in the pioneering of WA gold mining. He was educated at Hahndorf SA and Prince Alfred College, and then joined the SA Survey Dept. At 20 years of age he […]
“We Had a Wonderful Life” – Memories of a Goldfields Childhood
The Kalgoorlie Miner – Weekend Edition – 5 Oct 1991 Marjorie Frances Minson was born in Northam, WA, in 1912 to Charles Henry MINSON and Elizabeth JEFFREY. This is a story she told about her early life in the Goldfields, first with her family and then as a married woman. She married Richard Alfred LANCASTER […]
“Return If Possible” – The Mock Funeral for a Runaway Bookmaker
A BOOKIE’S BUNK Morris Jacobs Missing from Kookynie The burly form of Morris Jacobs was for long a familiar feature of a Kookynie Hotel billiard room. It has vanished now, and thereby hangs a tale, a tale of woe, for Morris skipped, leaving Kookynie sports lamenting. Months ago Morris opened a book on the Melbourne […]
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