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Snatched from the Jaws of Death

22/05/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Argus 5th May 1898 LOST IN THE BUSH. FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. MISS JANECZEK’S AWFUL EXPERIENCE!   Southern Cross seems determined to make a name for itself. Beside those persons interested in the mines in the place, nobody scarcely knew of this town, in the barren desert of West Australia. Then it […]

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Filed Under: Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Constance JANECZEK, Family History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, lost in the bush, Southern Cross, Western Australia

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