I’m sure that many of you will have heard of ‘Frog Rock’ just near the turn off to Kookynie. But has anyone heard of the ‘Pig Rock’ in Coolgardie? Where is Pig Rock ? from an undated article in the Coolgardie Newspaper in the 1980’s. Coolgardie Shire Councillors are taking more than a casual glance […]
Remembering Sister Mary Anthony –
With thanks to Susie de Monchaux for sharing her wonderful family story with us – Sister Mary Anthony Fitzpatrick (1888–1986) by Susie de Monchaux and family Eric Sierins, image editor Sister Mary Anthony Fitzpatrick was the first cousin of my paternal grandmother, Mrs Minnie Lillian de Monchaux (nee Fitzpatrick). In 1970, when I was eight […]
Crooks at Crooked Shoot Mine
Geraldton Guardian 12 September 1925, page 3 Crooks at Crooked Shoot Mine by C.P.J ‘Coo-oo-ey! Coo-oo-ey!’ sounded faintly through the semi-darkness of a cloudless night, which enveloped the ‘Crooked, Shoot’ gold mine, situated in a hollow between two low-lying hills in a remote part of the Murchison Goldfields. A field of mulga spread as a […]
The Wild Girls – a family in pictures
The following photographs are from the family album of Sandy Koushappis and she has kindly shared them with us. The first of the Wild girls in Australia was Esther WILD nee MILLS. She was born, possibly in Lancashire, England on the 8th June 1838. When she was 23 years old she married James WILD in […]
Yellowdine Finder Tells His Romantic Story
Daily News 19 January 1935, page 12 Yellowdine Finder Tells His Romantic Story A horse with teeth missing makes history and New Goldfield Rewards Years of Prospecting. PALMERS GRAPHIC STORY – If it had not been that an old horse, to be exact 25 years old, was four teeth short and could not pick up […]
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