The Founding of “The Coolgardie Miner” The Golden West Magazine Avon Argus and Cunderdin-Meckering-Tammin Mail 13 April 1935 W. E. CLARE tells the story of Coolgardies first Newspaper, its Vicissitude and Fortunes, those of the “Old Camp,” and the men of the” Roaring Nineties·. “It is indeed a far cast of my memory. Hardly a […]
Dryblower Jack – pioneer profile
John Carins know as Dryblower Jack John was born in Newcastle on Tyne, in Northumberland, England in 1890 and was educated at Rutherford College in that town. He was said to have come to Australia in 1913, he had a discharge certificate from the British services. As a young man, he worked in various trades […]
James Shaw – 1st Mayor of Coolgardie
James Shaw was born in 1846 in Belfast Ireland, his father was Hugh Shaw, an engineer and his mother was Margaret, they married in Victoria. In 1864, at age 18yrs, James Shaw sailed to Auckland New Zealand where he started a contracting business which was most successful. He also won a service medal for fighting […]
The Strange Case of Baby Quinn
As we all will know, when an illegitimate child was born to a young woman in the early part of the 1900’s there was not the support available to her that there is today, and many young women were forced by circumstances to give up their baby. Also, the laws concerning the adoption of children […]
The Death of ‘Dutch’ Clark – grave tales
Cecil Bryce (Brice) ‘Dutch’ Clark was born on 19 August 1898 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to William James Clark and Mary Jane nee Girling who were both from Berkshire in England. He was the youngest of seven children. At the age of 18yrs, in April of 1916, he joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces. He […]
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