I was recently sent the following family story from Rae Knee, whose great-great-grandfather, Isaac Lloyd, came to the Western Australian Goldfields. In the quiet town of Hertford, England, in 1834, Isaac Lloyd was born to John, a skilled blacksmith, and Emma Baldwin. His early years were marked by a christening in Ruthin, Denbigh, Wales, a […]
Desert Trials and Golden Chances: The Life of Gus Luck
Sunday Times – Perth – 20 July 1930, page 9 On the Golden Trail Guide to Carnegie in 1894 Gus Luck’s Early Goldfields Prospecting Experiences Early in November 1892, two gold hunters, Augustus Jules ‘Gus’ LUCK and his mate Jack BURNS, out on a prospecting expedition from Coolgardie, found themselves cursing their luck when their […]
A Toast to Delilah – The Goldfields’ Siren
Miner’s Right – 7 September 1897, page 4 The Triumph of Delilah by Smiler Hales ‘I don’t believe a word of it. I think it’s all a ‘blanky’ lie, ‘ remarked young Sid Gordon, as he tucked his knee well in under his small body on the lounge. He and half a dozen other goldfields […]
Madman’s Menace: A Constable’s Courageous Rescue
Western Mail 15 July 1905, page 48 DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A MADMAN. A PLUCKY CONSTABLE SAVES A CHILD. Eccentricities suggestive of religious mania were evidenced by a man named Robert Alexander JOHNSON (more familiarly known as “Professor” St. Clair, the Palmist) during the past week, and they developed to a dangerous stage on Friday night, […]
Builder of Dreams: Sir James Connolly’s Western Australian Legacy
Sir James Daniel Connolly (1869-1962) By Robin Connolly Sir James Daniel Connolly was born in Queensland, Australia. Drawn as a young man to the newly discovered Coolgardie goldfields, he quickly established himself as a builder and community leader in the late 1890s and early 1900s. He went on to become a well-known state politician in […]
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