In 1988, I was contacted by a lady called Elsie Heitmann. She was trying to find out what happened to one of her relatives who went missing in Western Australia from South Australia. All she had to go on was the following photo, which was supposedly taken in Coolgardie by photographer Roy Millar. The man […]
From Grief to Despair: The Doyle Family Tragedy
On the 23rd of September 1903, in Gwalia Street, Leonora, Western Australia, an event would take place that would start a string of family tragedies. The event was the death of a little girl, Eileen Margaret Doyle. She died of Tonsillitis and Bronchitis and was only 2 ½yrs old. She had only been ill for […]
Robbery Under Arms on the Coolgardie Road-
Robbery Under Arms on the Coolgardie Road In the early days of the Goldfields, the escort used to leave Coolgardie every week with parcels of gold varying from £5000 to £50,000 in value. It was a common remark to hear passed by the diggers, who usually gathered to watch the gold being taken out of […]
THE FATE OF DICK BRANDON: A Goldfields Story of Mystery and Madness
Sun Kalgoorlie Sunday 16 March 1902 Brandon’s fate A TALE OF DARLOT by Pharisee. The eager, excited crowd that thronged the long dry stage to the Darlot diggings in the first blush of the new discovery included Dick Brandon and his mate, Jimmy Spiggot. That dreary and waterless track skirting the edge of desolate Lake […]
Wheels of Fortune: The Rise of Armstrong’s Cycle Agency in Western Australia
Kalgoorlie Miner, Tuesday 24 December 1901, page 6 ARMSTRONG’S CYCLE AGENCY. The growth of the business of Armstrong’s Cycle Agency ever since its inception has been astonishing, and it would probably be a very difficult matter to find a parallel case. The firm, which is the oldest in this line of business on the goldfields, […]
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