Today, the 9th of March, marks the 85th anniversary of the death of Edwin Greenslade ‘Dryblower’ Murphy, who is without a doubt one of the best writers of verse and short stories in Western Australia. He is my own favourite writer, second only to the great Henry Lawson. The following verse was written to commemorate […]
Little Boy Lost –
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Western Mail 10 September 1915, page 8 Lost in the Bush. A FOUR YEAR OLD WANDERER. How a small boy, aged 4 years, contrived to upset a whole town and cause practically a cassation of business for a couple of days is graphically related by a Leanora correspondent. The story also affords another instance of […]
Helena Maud Pike – grave tales
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On the 27th April 1906, Helena ‘Lily’ Maud Pike (nee Rosevere) aged 30yrs, passed away at the St John of God Hospital in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie from Typhoid Fever. She was the wife of councillor Eustace Walter Pike and the mother of one child, James Albert, aged 6yrs. The following photograph is a very poignant […]
The Mt Magnet Murder –
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Western Mail 1 November 1951, page 18 WESTRALIANA Murchisonite recalls a grim story The Mt Magnet Murder A murder that was committed at Mt Magnet in 1898 was never solved, despite the very closest inquiries by detectives, and police generally on the Murchison at the time. The tragedy was known as ‘The Magnet Murder’ and […]
Death of a Girl from the Bush –
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The Mirror 8 October 1938, page 1 Facing a Murder Charge Soon after the death of a girl of 19 in the Kalgoorlie Hospital, on Wednesday. Det Sgt Findlay, Det Cannon and P.C. Gamble arrested Lillian Pearson, a married woman and boarding housekeeper, 41 years, of Kalgoorlie, who was charged with having murdered Margaret Ellen […]
