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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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, 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 […]

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

A Journey of Resilience – by Bill Apro

03/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

A Journey of Resilience The Story of Joseph and Helen Apró In 1956, a revolution in Hungary changed the lives of thousands. Among them were my parents, Joseph and Helen Apro, two young professionals who fled their homeland in search of safety and a new beginning. Their journey led them to Australia, where they arrived […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, They were 1st Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Gwalia, Leonora, Western Australia

Ghastly Shooting in Leonora –

15/03/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Sunday Times Perth – 20 March 1938, page 12 Two Dead – Leonora Tragedy 67-Year-Old Man Shoots Daughter-In-Law Mrs Stockton, the wife of the officer in charge of the Leonora water supply, was shot by her father-in-law, William ‘Bill’ Stockton, early today. Immediately afterward the 67year-old man walked inside the house and shot himself in […]

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

Jack Tulloch – a tragic fatality at Lake Way

01/03/2025 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgoo Goldfields Chronicle 22 January 1897, page 9 A TRAGIC FATALITY AT LAKE WAY The sad news is just to hand from Lake Way that Jack Tulloch, the well-known and respected partner in Tulloch Willis and Co’s butchery business at Cue, Day Dawn and Leonora, has perished near Lake Way […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Lake Way, Leonora, Western Australia, Wiluna

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