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Blood on the Sand: The Two-Up Trap at Lakewood

24/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Mirror 12 November 1949, page 12 TWO UP LURED HIM BACK TO WHERE THE BLOOD OF THE VICTIM STAINED THE GROUND A MACABRE CAMP SCENE While the axe blades of Lakewood were chipping out a song of fuel for Kalgoorlie’s Golden Mile over 100 miles to the north, the thirsty red sand was soaking up […]

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The Game – by Ray ‘Jacko’ Jackson

24/06/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

No more bets big Nick cried, as the pennies went up, And they spun round and round in the air Tails he called when they came down to rest, For the spinner it was sheer despair. He tossed the kip down on the ground in the ring; that was a quick lost ten quid This […]

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Gwalia Tragedy – murder at the two up!

23/08/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 – 1954), Sunday 30 December 1906, page 5 The “Sunday Times” had a visit last week from the brother of the late James Reilly, killed by Joseph Higgins at Gwalia on September 4 1906. The particulars of the case must be fresh in our readers’ minds. Reilly tried to […]

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THE GAME – by Ray (Jacko) Jackson 1999

02/02/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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  No more bets big Nick cried, as the pennies went up, And they spun round and round in the air Tails he called when they came down to rest, For the spinner it was sheer despair. He tossed the kip down on the ground in the ring; that was a quick lost ten quid […]

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Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Two Up, Western Australia

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