Sunday Times 26 December 1937, page 2 MURDER IN THE DARK Who Killed Marin Trdervich Peculiar Circumstances in the Boulder Tragedy Dead Man’s Mate Talks to “The Sunday Times” Who was the man dimly seen in the darkness of a Boulder street on Monday night, engaged in the act that brought death to 45-year-old Marin […]
Arthur Stubbs – Pioneer timber merchant
15/03/2025 By Leave a Comment
Arthur Stubbs. J.P. and Timber merchant Boulder: was born at Balmoral in Victoria on January 9th 1873. And is the son of the late William Alwyn Stubbs, one of the pioneer teachers in the Victorian Education Department. He was one of the twenty-three children from his father’s two marriages. His mother was Agnes AITKEN (second […]
The Railway Arrives in Boulder – a quiet affair
16/11/2024 By Leave a Comment
The following paper was written by Douglas C Daws J.P. and presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Soc on the 8th Nov 1997 for the centenary of the arrival of the railway to Boulder. It is reproduced here with his kind permission. PRECIS: Railways were introduced to Western Australia in the early 1880’s and developed […]
Sala Memorial – a father and son
06/07/2024 By Leave a Comment
I’m sure that you will agree that this memorial on the graves of father and son, Nicholas ‘Mick’ SALA and Martin William SALA is a most impressive one. It is in the Roman Catholic section of the Boulder Cemetery. Nicholas ‘Mick or Michael’ SALA was buried on 2nd August 1930 aged 41 years. Cause of […]
A Widows Grief – a sequel to murder
18/05/2024 By 7 Comments
SEQUEL TO MURDER OF MINER Young Widow Attempts To Take Own Life West Australian 11 August 1936, page 15 DISTRACTED BY GRIEF – WIDOW FOUND SHOT IN BEDROOM A sequel to the ‘Boulder Tragedy’ – The fatal shooting episode at the Launceston Hotel, Boulder, late on Saturday night, had a shocking sequel this morning, when […]
