The following biography and photographs have been kindly supplied by Jeffrey Oates, whose wife is the great-granddaughter of Arthur Cranbrook Ashwin, a prospector/pastoralist of note in the Lake Darlot area in the late 1800’s until his death in 1930. This is his story- Arthur Cranbrook Ashwin was born on 12 November 1850 in Adelaide, South […]
Brandon’s Fate – a tale of Darlot
Sun Kalgoorlie Sunday 16 March 1902 Brandon’s fate- A TALE OF DARLOT By Pharisee. The eager, excited crowd which 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 water-less track skirting the edge of desolate […]
The Graves of Horseman’s Gully – grave tales
WARNING:- Graphic content of grave remains that may upset some people. In 1995 Forsyth-Plutonic Gold Mining held the mining lease of an area that included burials at Horseman’s Gully near Darlot in the Murchison. Under mining law, it is prohibited to mine within 100 yards of a know burial site. This posed a problem for […]
Woodarra : now your but a memory blurr’d !
The town of Woodarra was surveyed and gazetted on January 14, 1898. Also known as Darlot or Lake Darlot or Ballangarry. All names were used at different times. Woodarra is the name given by the local Aboriginals to a line of Granite rocks from which a supply of water for the residents had been derived, […]
Old Age and Youth – Darlot Divorce
We often think that family law matters didn’t go to court in the early days but this unusual story shows that matters could still be most complicated and acrimonious:- Leonora Miner (WA : 1910 – 1928), Saturday 6 August 1927, page 3 Old Age and Youth. – WIFE OF 39yrs SUES HUSBAND […]