Western Mail 8 July 1937, page 11 The Dolly Pot – Over the Plates. “Doing Time.” In Tuckanarra, a mining town about 25 miles north of Cue, there resided in the late 1800s a man named Mick. He was an excellent judge of a horse, a good rider and bushman, and knew to a penny […]
Lawlers Golden Dawn: The East Murchison Gold Rush of the 1890s
LAWLERS Latitude 28° 05′ S Longitude 120° 31′ E The townsite of Lawlers is located in the eastern goldfields, about 992 km from Perth. It is also about 32 km from Leinster. Gold was discovered here in 1894 by Patrick J Lawler (“Paddy Lawler”), a prospector who was rewarded for his discovery in 1899. In […]
Faith, Hope, and Charity: The Adolph Brothers Goldfields Odyssey
Early Life in South Australia Carl Otto Georg ADOLPH, born in 1863, was the seventh child of Friedrich August ADOLPH and Wilhelmine Christiane STEIF, and the first of their children to be born in South Australia. Baptised on June 21, 1863, at Friedrichswalde (formerly Little Plain), South Australia, church records noted that his parents were […]
Tricks and Tracks: The Legend of Charlie the Goose
Few knew his true name, Charles Harris, and even Charlie himself seemed uncertain of it at times. The early goldfields of Western Australia were filled with vibrant characters, but the tales of ‘Charlie the Goose’ stand among the most captivating. In those days, as now, nicknames were common. Some, like ‘Billy the Liar,’ were self-explanatory, […]
Buried Alive? The Mystery of Frederick Smith at Wha Gold Mine.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette – 28 May 1908, page 2 A telegraph was received at Cue from Burnakurra, stating that a trucker who was employed at the Wha GM at Errolls was killed. It also noted that the body was buried at Errolls and that no inquest was opened. The newspaper three days […]
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