As promised (albeit two weeks late!) the following is the end result of a research project bravely taken on in the last 18 months by John Pritchard whose help I find invaluable. He took the ‘basic’ cemetery record for the Cue Cemetery which consisted mostly of a name, date & denomination and he has made […]
Mark Lewis – Mayor of Day Dawn
From: Jewish Herald VIC, Friday 24 January 1908, page 10
The Big Nugget of Nannine
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette, 1 November 1902, page 4 The Big Nugget of Nannine. By R.G.B Christmas Eve at Nannine — a scene of mirth and joy. The streets are thronged with people passing to and fro, some merely strolling around to view the prettily decorated shop windows, whilst others accompanied their better […]
The Murder of a Bad Tempered Man
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 […]
Dastardly and Diabolical Deed at Day Dawn
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 […]