WHEN THE LEGACY OF EARLY MINING AT KALGOORLIE CREATED A MODERN PROBLEM This story originally appeared in the “GOLDEN MAIL” newspaper in February 1999. It has been partially rewritten to accurately reflect developments since then. Two apparently unrelated events in 1998 briefly opened a window on a little-known geological curiosity with a link to the […]
Human Gold by N E Gledhill
This sad and poignant story from the pen of N E Gledhill is kindly shared by his Great Nephew Allen Gledhill with thanks. STEVE HARDING lived with his wife in a tumble-down shanty on the outskirts of the Golden Mile. They were a queer couple. She, a diminutive, white-haired old woman, with deep-set eyes and […]
Death of a Girl from the Bush –
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 […]
Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.
Weekly Times (Melbourne VIC) – 10 September 1898, page 48 Frank Ernest Randell & Co. Messrs F E. Randell and Co. are well known on the West Australian goldfields as carrying and forwarding agents. Their head office is at Fremantle, having lately been transferred to that rising port, from the goldfields, and there are branches […]
James Webster Berry – Anzac Hero
I was recently sent the following story by Peter Davidson about his relative by marriage, James Webster Berry. He tells me that the widow of James Berry later married Claude Albo de Bernales. James Webster Berry (Reg 4207) was the son of George Berry who was born in 1838 in Fife Scotland and Mary Berry […]
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