Daily News 28 November 1951, page 1 Hammer Murder In Boulder BOULDER – With head injuries allegedly caused by a hammer blow, a Yugoslav miner was found dead in a Boulder house at 4 a.m. today. A man living in the same house has been arrested and charged with wilful murder. He is labourer called […]
Only a Flesh Wound – Coolgardie 1894
In Coolgardie in 1894 there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and others in Coolgardie than had or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. These Britishers packed more guns than any Yankee film hero and regular revolver practice was […]
Tales of the Tanami –
The Sun – Kalgoorlie 28 November 1909, page 11 A Tale of the Tanami The Dryblowers Reminiscences Jack Hunter of the Kimberley By ‘Bilby OLD JACK HUNTER the ‘over-lander’, blowing off his run, glared with suspicion over the rim of his gold dish at the immaculately dressed young man, who, after carefully placing his bicycle […]
The Abandoned Mine –
Western Mail Perth – 18 August 1949, page 15 The Abandoned Mine Gaunt, against a lowering sky, With steely fingers interlaced, and capped with a motionless wheel,The poppet head looks down upon its lesser satellites, clustered ‘neath its towering heights. A huddled group of sheds and stores, with staring windows, broken doors. Deserted cage and […]
The Little Man who Strangled his Mate
Sunday Times Perth – 5 September 1943, page 4 The Little Man Who Strangled His Mate In the days when the deep leads attracted thousands to Kanowna, Moore was among the adventurous gold-seekers. In the hurly-burly of the boom days of Kanowna, when thousands rushed from all parts of Australia to what afterwards became the […]
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