Following on from the first part of this tale from last week: The Story of the Murchison Part 1 Extract from a paper prepared by F Bateson and read to the WA Historical Society on 25 October 1946. Early in 1895, I (Frederick W Bateson) was offered a position at the Star of the East […]
Jules Gascard – pioneer profile
In the days before the motor vehicle and on the eve of the arrival of railway travel the horse and the camel ruled the transport business. Jules Samuel Gascard was one businessman who was at the forefront of this booming trade. Cue 1896 – Jules Gascard’s Livery stables are the largest in the colony and […]
Victoria Margaretta Gill -thrice buried
While researching the people who are buried in the Cue Cemetery, John Pritchard, one of our valued volunteers, has uncovered the story of Victoria Margaretta Gill who was first buried in the Cue Cemetery in 1905. She was then transferred to and reburied at the Dongara Cemetery and thence to the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth. […]