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Wild West Deeds at Bullfinch –

18/01/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Call News-Pictorial Perth – 7 September 1928, page 2 WILD WEST DEEDS AT BULLFINCH Love Lorn Migrant’s Reign of Terror Ends With Bullet Sensational Incidents Follow Rejected Affection Because he loved fifteen-year-old Dorothy Cook, the daughter of a local farmer, a youthful migrant entered upon a series of sensational exploits of terror at Bullfinch on […]

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

Lost in the Bush by Rodney Creek

18/01/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Mirror Perth – 27 December 1907, page 16 AUSTRALIAN BUSH YARN by Rodney Creek, an old Bushman Lost in the Bush. It is doubtful if, for bodily and mental anguish, anything can much exceed the hardships of one who is lost in the bush, more especially so when those sufferings are accentuated by the lack […]

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

New Kalgoorlie Hospital Records 1919 to 1921

18/01/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

NEW KALGOORLIE HOSPITAL RECORDS It’s been a while since our last addition to the admission records of the Kalgoorlie Hospital. I’m happy to now add to the Outback Family History website, the latest digitised index covering the dates: August 1919 to April 1921. This is a total of 513 new entries. You can view the […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hospital, Western Australia

Jesse Young – a life well lived

11/01/2025 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The following amazing story has been sent to me by John Hollands, who is the Great Grandson of Jesse Young. What an adventurous life he lead. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 12 October 1909, page 31 THE DEATH OF MR JESSE YOUNG The death occurred suddenly on Friday of Mr Jesse Young, a gentleman who had been […]

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

The Diggers New Year Song –

11/01/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Diggers New Year Song describes how a group of miners toiled without success until late in the Old Year and having at last struck gold were determined that all around them would join in celebrating the advent of the New Year and the good luck they were sure lay ahead:- Come pass the glasses […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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