Robbery Under Arms on the Coolgardie Road In the early days of the Goldfields, the escort used to leave Coolgardie every week with parcels of gold varying from £5000 to £50,000 in value. It was a common remark to hear passed by the diggers, who usually gathered to watch the gold being taken out of […]
Struck Down in His Prime: The Death of Constable Edward Tindall
Death from Typhoid Fever was common around the turn of the 19th century. Many of the victims were fit young men who could succumb to the disease and perish very quickly, as this story of a young Police Constable, who had been on the Goldfields less than 6 months, will tell. The following is an […]
The Roll-Up at Lindsey’s Store: Gold, Betrayal, and Bush Justice.
The Truth Perth – 14 April 1906, page 4 ROLL UP AT KURNALPI by the EMINENT EXPLORER As I entered the precincts of the camp at Kurnalpi the dishes were rattling with a venomous din that would have caused a new chum to look around with a view to keeping clear of where the bees […]
Peter Dennis Kavanagh – a legend in his time
Peter Dennis Kavanagh joined the Police Force when he was twenty-one. How he crushed the gold-stealing industry on the Golden Mile has now gone down in history. He was tutored by that wonderfully astute Excise Inspector – John Mitchell Christie. He was a born detective, keen and shrewd, with boundless energy. He was also a […]
The Tale of Charles Cummins: Lost in the Outback
In the scorching summer of 1909, the rugged bushland of Western Australia swallowed a young man named Charles Cummins, sparking a relentless search that captivated the small mining communities of Woolgar and Menzies. This is the haunting tale of a man who vanished into the wild, leaving behind only whispers of his presence and a […]
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