Kalgoorlie Western Argus 28 January 1897, page 9 OUR BOYS. Out to the West, with its golden tale, They steal off one by one, And some will prosper, and some will fail In the land of the setting sun. You take with you, boys, our best goodwill Good luck in the Golden West We’ll meet […]
Bobby Budgeree – Medicine man
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Kalgoorlie Miner 13 January 1923, page 8 An Aboriginal Doctor Bobby Budgeree was the medicine man of the tribe, and thus one of the great men. To attain that position he was tutored by the old men in the trying days of his initiation or man-making ceremonies and had to pass his medical examination according […]
The Graves of Horseman’s Gully – grave tales
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WARNING:– Graphic content of human remains, this may upset some people. In 1995 Forsyth-Plutonic Gold Mining held the mining lease of an area that included burials at Horseman’s Gully near Darlot in the Murchison. Under mining law, it is prohibited to mine within 100 yards (91 meters) of a know burial site. This posed a […]
The Bulletin Hotel – by Henry Lawson
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I was drifting in the drizzle past the Cecil in the Strand Which, I’m told is very tony – and its front looks very grand And somehow fell a-thinking of a pub I know so well Of a place in West Australia called The Bulletin Hotel Just a little six-room shanty built of corrugated tin […]
On The Golden Trail –
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Sunday Times – Perth – 20 July 1930, page 9 On the Golden Trail Guidé to Carnegie in ’94-Gus Luck’s Early Goldfields Prospecting Experiences Early in November in 1892, two gold hunters, Gus Luck and his mate Jack Burns, out on a prospecting expedition from Coolgardie, found themselves cursing their luck when their camels became […]
