While recently researching the lives of those buried in the Peak Hill Cemetery, I came across this very sad and tragic story. Catherine Francis ‘Kitty’ and George Howard had married in Warriminnie near Minginew, WA, in 1895 at the home of Catherine’s sister. Both George and Catherine were from Victoria. Up to the time of […]
Red Flannel Joe of Peak Hill
Western Mail – Perth – 28 February 1935, page 9 He is known as ‘Red Flannel Joe’ throughout the district. He is old and somewhat pompous and lives in a tin hut in what was once the main street of this little north-west town of Peak Hill. It’s almost deserted now, and Joe’s structure is […]
Red Flannel Joe –
Western Mail – Perth – 28 February 1935, page 9 He is known as ‘Red Flannel Joe‘ throughout the district. He is old and somewhat pompous and lives in a tin hut in what was once the main street of this little nor-west town of Peak Hill. It’s almost deserted now, and Joe’s structure is […]
Blanche Habgood – a station grave
A Story sent to me by Jennifer Sherwood as told to her by Lorraine Rieck, published with Lorraine’s kind permission. It is about Blanche Habgood who died in the Peak Hill district of the Murchison of Western Australia. The reason for this story is the memory of running around Blanche’s grave as a child and […]
The Peak and the Flood
Western Mail 3 June 1937, page 11 The Peak and the Flood by A.H.P. North Perth. The early days of the goldfields can never be written up fully except with the aid of official records, but the experiences of individuals are very interesting. Looking back about 40 years I often wonder at the stamina of […]