The following story is an extract with kind permission from – ‘For a Better Life, Yugoslavs on the Goldfields of Western Australia 1890-1970 by Dr Criena Fitzgerald. One of the most tragic love stories was that of Ante Mateljan and Petrica Mikovic (Micovich). Luka Markovich, a friend of Ante Mateljan, brought Petrica’s photograph back to […]
Arthur King or Theo Herchler – grave tales
Arthur KING – real name Theodore HERCHLER Born in Germany in September 1859. As a young man, Arthur was a student of the Conservatoire of Music where he graduated with honours. He then started working with Gilbert and Sullivan, and Doyle Carte in England as a repetiteur or rehearsal pianist. On the 22nd October 1890, […]
The White Horse Blow – a verse
The White Horse Blow by Alfred E Wallace ‘The Axeman” Lo, hear the hobbles jingle And the old Mokes bells a dingle And from the far-off Dolly Pot, the echo seems to ring O’er the ranger and the ridges Through the mulgas and the gidgeas. Where McGann was ‘Costeen Champion’, and Pearsey Floater King, Kirklands […]
The Shadow of Death Hotel & Tiger Tail Jerry
There was a man by the name of John Hawes who was a parish priest up to the 1930s in the Yalgoo/Murchison district. In a biography on his life he tells of how, after riding all day, he spent the night at a lonely wild spot with a well called the ‘Shadow of Death’. There […]
Peak Hill Cemetery – grave tales
Peak Hill Cemetery 120 kms north of Meekatharra 25°37’44.5 , 118°45’03.6 Compiled with the help of Joan Peters 80 known burials There are said to be about 100 burials in the cemetery. NOTE: There are 9 names in ‘RED’ these are not confirmed as buried in Peak Hill Cemetery, but they all died in Peak […]
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