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Mr Schumann – a man of enterprise!

18/07/2026 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Margaret Hartley’s ancestors had a long and varied history in the Murchison district of Western Australia. She has very kindly sent me the following photographs and details of the Schumann family. GULLEWA  GOLDFIELDS –  The W A Record 27th Feb 189 Gullewa Goldfield is situated N.E. from Mingenew 80 miles, and east of Wurarga on […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Day Dawn, Goldfields History, Gullewa, Western Australia

The Waitress, the Barman, and the Wife

20/06/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

New Call and Bailey’s Weekly 25 July 1935 WHAT WIFE SAW THROUGH A CUE WINDOW Lively Ructions In Girl’s Room Chief Justice Grants Decree Nisi That a wife through a Cue window saw her husband in bed with another woman was alleged when before the Chief Justice (Sir John Northmore) this week Edith Bowes sought […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cue, Day Dawn, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Shot in His Sleep — The Day Dawn Murder That Shocked the Goldfields

16/05/2026 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Evening Mail – Fremantle 23 March 1908, page 1 No one will deny that Harry Goninon Smith, who at 8 o’clock this morning paid, on the scaffold at the Fremantle Prison, the last penalty for the supreme crime in the criminal calendar, was the murderer of the man, William John Clinton, at Day Dawn. No […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Day Dawn, Goldfields History, murder, Western Australia

Dastardly and Diabolical Deed at Day Dawn

02/11/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Evening Mail – Fremantle 23 March 1908, page 1 No one will deny that Harry Goninon Smith, who at 8 o’clock this morning paid, on the scaffold at the Fremantle Prison, the last penalty for the supreme crime in the criminal calendar, was the murderer of the man, William John Clinton at Day Dawn. No […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Day Dawn, Goldfields History, murder, Western Australia

Dastardly and Diabolical Deed at Day Dawn

21/10/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Evening Mail – Fremantle 23 March 1908, page 1 No one will deny that Harry Goninon Smith, who at 8 o’clock this morning paid, on the scaffold at the Fremantle Prison, the last penalty for the supreme crime in the criminal calendar, was the murderer of the man, William John Clinton at Day Dawn. No […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Day Dawn, Goldfields History, murder, Western Australia

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