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Cuddingwarra’s Golden Days: A Murchison Boom and Bust

10/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

CUDDINGWARRA Latitude 27° 22′ S Longitude 117° 47′ E Cuddingwarra was a townsite in the Murchison goldfields near Cue. When gold was first discovered in the area in 1888, the place was known as “Dead Finish”, but when the government gazetted a townsite in 1895, Cuddingwarra was the name chosen. Cuddingwarra is the Aboriginal name […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Cuddingwarra, Cue, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Alls Well that Ends Well –

05/04/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail Perth 30 January 1941, page 9 – The Dollypot Over the Plates – A Lucky Shot. by Big Jim Allanson. In 1893, the Murchison goldfield teemed with all sorts and conditions of men. A rugged band of prospectors had pitched camp by a rocky pool on the western flank of the Cuddingwarra Ranges—then […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cue, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Golden Haired Charmer –

02/11/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgoo Goldfields Chronicler – 23 December 1898, page 18 It was in the early, though not the ‘very’ early days, that Cue awoke one morning to find a charmer in its midst with golden hair that put the most glittering nugget to shame, and a sealskin jacket that brought back […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Cue, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Mick of the Murchison – ‘Doing Time’

26/10/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Cue, Goldfields History, Murchison, Western Australia

So All’s Well that Ends Well –

06/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Mail Perth 30 January 1941, page 9 – The Dollypot Over the Plates – A Lucky Shot. by Big Jim Allanson. All sorts and conditions of men were to be found on the Murchison goldfield in 1893.  A number of prospectors were camped at a rocky pool on the west side of the Cuddingwarra […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Cue, Goldfields History, Sir Samuel, Western Australia

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