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The Gallant Mrs Taylor – a woman in a mans game

04/05/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

From The Sunday Times -Perth, Sunday 9 June 1940 Mining for gold is usually looked upon as a mans game in which muscle and endurance are needed to wrest the gold-bearing stone from the earth and to keep the machinery moving. It calls for grit, a brave heart and the ability to withstand all the […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Menzies, Western Australia

The Probable Fate of James Thomas Whyte

04/05/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Another page from the ‘Book of the Bush’ Truth Perth -13 November 1915, page 4 TALE OF THE WILDS THE PROSPECTOR THAT NEVER RETURNED. Probable Fate of James Thomas Whyte The result of a par in our last week’s mining budget has been the cause of considerable inquiry as to the fate of a prospector […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Laverton, Western Australia

Elphinstone Davenport Cleland – a mining man

27/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Elphinstone Davenport Cleland, what a wonderful name, was born on the 5 Dec 1854 in Beaumont, Burnside City, South Australia to John Fullerton CLELAND and Elizabeth nee GLEN. On 16 Jan 1879, he married Susannah Blood DAVIS in Auburn South Australia. They were married at the home of the bride by the Rev W Davis, […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

The Ghost of Goya River

27/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Mail 10 March 1938, page 10 The Ghost of Goya River by Jim O’Brien, This series of reminiscences has been gathered in years of roamin’ around, and stowed deep down in my old memory box are scenes and sounds of other days. And, though life’s road grows rougher, so to speak, and the grades […]

Filed Under: Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Ghost

Parker Range on the Yilgarn

27/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 9 Comments

by Maxine and Pat Callahan Parker (Parker’s) Range WA Goldfields 31° 37′ 58” South , 119° 35′ 6” East Parker Range was named after William Mercer PARKER. William who was the son of Stephen PARKER and Susanna WYBORN, was born in Lyminge, Kent England on 17 Aug 1821. The Parker family, who were part of […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Western Australia, York

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