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The Knifing of Northwood:

27/07/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sunday Times 17 August 1919 A RETURNED SOLDIER’S TRAGIC FATE    :     WILD SCENES IN KALGOORLIE AND BOULDER Bret Harte’s “Roaring Camp” isn’t in it with Kalgoorlie these days. A succession of shooting episodes has been followed up with a stabbing affray, which is likely to have far reaching effects as far as the […]

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Filed Under: People, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Northwood, Western Australia, WW1

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