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Murder at Dead Mans Rocks –

15/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail 16 December 1937, page 11 The Murder of Phil Mack DEAR Non-Com – I am indebted to an old-timer and friend of South Guildford, Mr. W. E. Routledge, for sending me “The Western Mail”, and I always read with interest the Dolly Pot. One sees some glaring inaccuracies of early-day events, but this […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Where is Erlistoun ??? – ghost town

15/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun, usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a townsite under the Lands Act, but was surveyed as a Business and Residential […]

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Filed Under: People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Erlistoun, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

Jack Tulloch – a tragic fatality at Lake Way

01/03/2025 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgoo Goldfields Chronicle 22 January 1897, page 9 A TRAGIC FATALITY AT LAKE WAY The sad news is just to hand from Lake Way that Jack Tulloch, the well-known and respected partner in Tulloch Willis and Co’s butchery business at Cue, Day Dawn and Leonora, has perished near Lake Way […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Lake Way, Leonora, Western Australia, Wiluna

Sir Samuel Cemetery – ”are we remembered not?”

01/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sir Samuel / Mt Sir Samuel Cemetery Yakabindi Station East of Bellevue Mine Camp. 27°36’90”S  –  120°32’65”E 31 known burials – Reserve 6405 Tis sad to see these friendless graves And think of those who lie therein Their mute appeal some tribute craves For love which in the past had been. AKBAR Meer AKA Mullang […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Sir Samuel. Kathleen Valley, Western Australia

Turrell and Kay Mining Contractors –

01/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Between 1895 and 1901 the partnership of Turrell & Kay and Co was responsible for a great many mine buildings and plant construction all around the Goldfields. They employed up to 50 men at any time and the following images are just a few of their many projects. William Wakeford TURRELL was born on the […]

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Filed Under: People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Bardoc, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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