While researching details on the burial of a mining death for the Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial, I came across the cemetery of Gum Creek. This was a new name for me so I looked into it further, I was also able to add another name to my collection of hotel names. The Book ‘West […]
A Wedding at Maybe –
On 22nd April 1914, William Alexander Wallace TILLER married Mabel Christine LEIPOLD in the Protestant Hall, Kookynie. The reception was held at the Maybe Gold Mine. William was the son of William TILLER and Anne BEARDMORE (Dec) and was from Victoria. Mabel was the daughter of George Frederick LEIPOLD and Elizabeth THOMPSON and was also […]
Selling the Show by The Floater
Western Mail Perth – 28 January 1937, page 13 Selling the Show by The Floater, Bulong. Dear Non-Com -This is a true story concerning the Mt. Katherine mine near Kookynie. It is about 25 miles out on the Edjudina road. I had Ted Kerry (not his correct name), one of the original prospectors, camped with me […]
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor –
A Wandering Pommy the story of Dr Dale OBE “Search Parties Unsuccessful” The mysterious disappearance of Dr Dale, who has been missing from Kookynie since Saturday last, has caused his friends in Kookynie great uneasiness. It appears that the doctor, who has been practising at Mr M. Schneider’s pharmacy during the past five months, went […]
A Tonsorial Dynasty – the Mickle boys
The Mickle family has established a dynasty of Hairdressers (Tonsorial Artists) and tobacconists in Western Australia. Starting in the Murchison and Northern Goldfields of WA, the four brothers and a nephew had premises in Menzies, Mt Magnet, Kookynie, Laverton and Wiluna, and Meekatharra. They would also open a business in Narrogin in later years. The […]
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