From the Kalgoorlie Miner, 27th Jan 1921 News was received today from Menzies of a sad fatality which occurred at Mulline between Friday and Saturday. Wallace David Cocking, 11 years of age and son of Mr Joseph Sylvester Cocking, sandalwood contractor, was sent at 5am on Friday with an urgent message to his father. Mr […]
A Dearly Beloved Wife – Edith Rosman
I’m sure that I’m not the only one who sees beauty in some memorials in cemeteries. I have spent a great deal of my life wandering around cemeteries, especially our Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The view from the road is often as much as is seen, but if you venture through the gates, you will discover so […]
Harry ‘Tambo’ Taylor – Stockman of the Never Never
On the 19th May 1924, Harry ‘Tambo ’Taylor applied to receive the old-age pension having reached the age of 65 years. His application was refused as he couldn’t show proof of his age. Harry was born to an Aboriginal mother and an Irish father on the Glenalvon Station, NSW, in 1859. He had his mother’s […]
Peter Dennis Kavanagh – a legend in his time
Peter Dennis Kavanagh joined the Police Force when he was twenty-one. How he crushed the gold-stealing industry on the Golden Mile has now gone down in history. He was tutored by that wonderfully astute Excise Inspector – John Mitchell Christie. He was a born detective, keen and shrewd, with boundless energy. He was also a […]
Camel Boots and a Lesson on Butter –
Western Mail 29 August 1940, page 9 A Hot Ride to Darlot The summer of 1895 stands out in my memory as a very hot one. We had sold our claim at Darlot, and our party of five were splitting up. Two had gone to the coast for a holiday. Bill and I had bought […]
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