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Capturing the Goldfields: The Pioneering Lens of William Roy Millar

27/09/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Pioneer PhotographerPublished by: Julia Robinson-White on 17 March 2020www.dustandglare.home.blog I’m sure that you will agree that we owe a great debt to the early photographers who captured life on the Goldfields that no written version of events could possibly portray. Not only are the family photographs of the people, but a record of important […]

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Filed Under: People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Gwalia, Leonora, Photoghraphy, Western Australia

Not Just a President Wife – Lou Henry Hoover

20/09/2025 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Lou Henry Hoover was the wife of Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States of America. There has been a great deal written about her husband’s time on the Goldfields of Western Australia, but very little has been told about his wife’s achievements in her own right. During her time as ‘First […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Gwalia, Leonora, Lou Hoover, Western Australia

The Cobbled Road Near Poison Creek –

05/07/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Some time ago, I was contacted by Terri Watson, who sent me this fascinating story. Is there anyone out there who knows anything about this mystery road? I know nothing about it. This is what Terri told me:- “We are currently care taking a non-operational mine site along the Old Agnew Rd and over the […]

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Filed Under: People Tagged With: Goldfields History, Lawlers, Leonora, Western Australia

Harnessed No More – The Curious Case of Mr Cadzow’s Divorce

03/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth (Perth) 4 July 1908, page 5 THE SADDLER AND HIS WIFE The Harness Parted and the Wife Bolted, John Brown Cadzow, a saddler carrying on business at the lively little town of Leonora, is a man who has a decided objection to wives going out at night unless accompanied by their husbands, and because […]

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

Where the Road Meets the Past -The Graves at Wilson’s Patch

03/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Wilson’s Patch – Bundarra between Leonora and Leinster Since the construction of the new bitumen road from Leonora to Agnew/Leinster, the approach to Wilson’s Patch has changed. Sixty-four kilometres along this new road from Leonora is the Teutonic Bore mine turn-off, 6km further is a grave on the left-hand side between the road and the […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Leonora, Western Australia, Wilson's Patch

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