Smith’s Weekly 26 November 1927 – by John Drayton How “Justice” was served out on the Goldfields. Niagara was one of the little towns worth a column in the WA Post Office Directory of 1899 following Bob Menzies strike in September 1894. The town’s life was short, but while it was alive, it ‘LIVED’. Menzies […]
The Farren’s of the Falls Hotel – by Jill Peady
24/02/2024 By Leave a Comment
The Prologue: Thomas Farren was born in 1857 in Seascale in the west of England where the Sellafield nuclear power station is today. Mary Elizabeth ‘Polly’ Farren nee Saunders, was born in Birmingham in 1863. They were married in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1879, at which time Mary could not read or write. They lived […]
On The Golden Trail –
14/05/2022 By Leave a Comment
Sunday Times – Perth – 20 July 1930, page 9 On the Golden Trail Guidé to Carnegie in ’94-Gus Luck’s Early Goldfields Prospecting Experiences Early in November in 1892, two gold hunters, Gus Luck and his mate Jack Burns, out on a prospecting expedition from Coolgardie, found themselves cursing their luck when their camels became […]
When the Law came to Niagara –
09/04/2022 By Leave a Comment
Smith’s Weekly 26 November 1927 by John Drayton How “Justice” was served out on the Goldfields. Niagara was one of the little towns worth a column in the W.A. Post Office Directory of 1899 following Bob Menzie’s strike in September 1894. The town’s life was short, but while it was alive, it ‘LIVED’. Menzies find […]
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor –
14/08/2021 By Leave a Comment
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 practicing at Mr. M. Schneider’s pharmacy during the past five months, went […]
