GOLD- that commodity was so powerful, but as a child, I played with it as a toy. It was a glass phial of specks and small nuggets in liquid and tightly corked. I remember shaking it and watching the dull yellow stuff glint in the light. I must have loved it as no accident ever […]
The Matron and the Major – nurse Annie Jones
In early 1896 Annie Jones from Bendigo, Victoria, was nursing in the Government hospital at Cue, Western Australia. While she was recovering from a mild form of typhoid fever, word came by camel train that Mr. Magnus Maxton Calder, a member of the firm Calder & Co of Cue, was suffering from typhoid fever in […]
Suicide, Cyanide and Scones –
Murchison Advocate 27 February 1904, page 3 Suicide and Attempted Murder. A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR At Boulder this morning, Alexander Solomon, aged 40yrs, a notorious character and well known to the police, was arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a young fellow named Thomas Frank Rassmussen who was the proprietor of a Gold treatment […]
Robert Kirkpatrick – grave tales
Robert KIRKPATRICK died on 29th July 1909 in his camp at Bronzewing mine site, Western Australia. The cause of death was lung trouble brought on by leading at Broken Hill, NSW. Robert Kirkpatrick ‘AKA as Bob Kirk’ was born on 18th June 1868 in the Forbes district of NSW. His parents were John Kirkpatrick and […]
A History of ‘The Round’ by Darren McAullay
The Round By Darren McAullay It is, without doubt, one of the biggest, most colourful, and successful racing carnivals to be staged anywhere in Australia. It is steeped in history, has been the scene of some of the most incredible events both on and off the track and for many, it has etched memories that […]
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