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Jimmy Whalin’s Dog

15/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail 25 May 1939, page 11 by J.E.T., Nedlands. The Dolly Pot: – There are a wealth of stories yet untold about our Goldfields, past and present. We would like to remedy this and provide the old-timers and the new generation with the opportunity to bring the picturesque personalities of the past and present […]

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

Kanowna Cemetery – a work in progress

18/03/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Usually, when doing a cemetery upgrade for the Outback Family History website, I work on it until everything has been checked again and again and we have photographs of those buried there where available, and also newspaper articles and copies of inscriptions added. For the Kanowna Cemetery (the second one) we are going to do […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia

Crimes of Passion in Kanowna

04/03/2023 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Crimes of passion are not something new, and they happened in the early Goldfields days just as they do today, but the town of Kanowna seems to have had more than its fair share in its short history. The following three stories. Sadly there are no photographs of any of the people in these dramas. […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Goldfields History, Japanese, Kanowna, murder, Prostitution, Western Australia

Alleged Seduction at Kanowna

31/12/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 10 October 1906, page 2 Alleged Seduction The Kanowna Case – Serious Charges against Married Man Frances ‘Frank’ Fordham BROWNE (Plaintiff)-v- John Lewis Henry MARTIN (Defendant) The hearing of the civil case of Frank Fordham Browne against John Lewis Martin, in which the plaintiff claims £1000 for the alleged seduction of his step-daughter, […]

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

Kanowna – a diggers life

17/12/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 21 July 1898, page 2 Among the Kanowna Diggers Why is a digger unlike a leopard ? was a question once asked of me. That riddle was easily answered, for the leopard cannot change his spots, and the digger can, and I think the Kanowna diggers are frequently doing it. Formerly the digger […]

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

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