Run to Earth at Barambie: The Arrest of Florence Menon, 1906 Among the many stories that emerged from the remote settlements of the Western Australian Goldfields, few capture the character of the era quite like that of Florence Menon. In the days when sly grog shanties dotted the bush and the police waged a constant […]
When Death Creeps in – a tale of a mine
West Australian 6 January 1934, page 4 WHILE DEATH CREEPS IN A Tale of a Mine. By Ion Idriss, author of Flynn of the Inland. It is nasty, facing Death down below, whether under sea or land. Sam Ure worked doggedly though uneasily, for the earth was creaking, a subterranean moan from tortured ground hissed […]
The Lone Jewish Prospector: A Goldfields Burial
Western Mail 14 January 1937, page 13 A Goldfields Burial. Amongst the present-day barrow pushers, there is not one who could put up a decent show against the old-timers. These men, representatives from all climes, pushed heavily loaded barrows over heavy bush tracks, and in many cases, no tracks at all, and put up with […]
Outback Riches: The Rise and Fall of Maninga Marley
The outback mining centre of Maninga Marley was situated some 27 kilometres southeast of Sandstone on the Dandaraga Station in the Black Range district. The Maninga Marley Gold Mine, from which the place takes its name, was found by prospectors Ernest Alfred Arundel and Matthew Dwyer. The claim was registered by Arundel Gold was discovered […]
Building a Dynasty: The Cock Family’s Journey in Western Australia
I was recently sent some wonderful photographs from the family album of Jon Berry who is a descendant of the Cock family. Alma Godfrey (nee Cock) was his late grandmother. Thanks to Jon for sharing them with us. William Nicholas Cock, born October 7, 1870, in Moonta, South Australia, to William Cock and Dinah Tamblyn, […]
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