To mark the occasion of :- Bledisloe Cup 2015: Australia v New Zealand, ANZ Stadium in Sydney Aug 8th Last year, 2014, marks the 120th anniversary of the death of George Maber, one of the very first All Black Rugby players . He was to play his first All Blacks game at Christchurch in 1894. […]
My Dear Annie – Missingham Letters 6
02/08/2015 By Leave a Comment
The following letter is by far the longest written by David to Annie. I think it sounds like he is missing her and the children a great deal. I think that maybe Annie is getting a little tired of having the plans for her to join him taking rather too long. In this letter he […]
The Goldfields Without Chrysanthemums – by Catherine Bond
30/07/2015 By Leave a Comment
In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s it was popular for travellers to keep a travel diary to record the day to day happenings of the places and things they did on their journeys. It does seem to have been more popular with women and many diaries have gone on to be published. This gives […]
A Story from the Old Camp – The Murder of Mercy Gregory
13/07/2015 By Leave a Comment
The Sunday Times 5th November 1911 Recently in the Old Coolgardie Cemetery a kindly hand repainted the lettering on a rough wooden tomb slab erected to the memory of Arthur Court the son of the late Dr Court, the once well-known philanthropist of Melbourne. The young fellow had been drinking heavily for months in mid […]
“The Challenge’ for the ‘Belle of Coolgardie’
01/07/2015 By Leave a Comment
In the days of early Coolgardie it was often the case that when a disagreement occurred it was settled in the time honoured way by bashing each other senseless. This was welcomed by the general population who were somewhat starved for entertainment. It also ensured your ‘disagreement’ was well and truly ‘settled’. Coolgardie drew to […]
