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The Death of Dr Maxwell – grave tales

23/07/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 25 March 1902, page 20 Death of Dr. Maxwell. Death last Monday claimed one for whose demise this community is the poorer indeed Dr. Patrick Arthur Maxwell, such men as he, whose life as others knew it, was a conspicuous example of the most encouraging side of frail humanity, are but rare. […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Dr Maxwell, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Camooweal Billabong – a verse

09/07/2017 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Camooweal Billabong –   by Ray Jackson:- A hot dry wind came from the south so constant and so strong I had to stop so looked and found a shaded billabong I knew at once this special place had a story it would tell so there I camped to sit a while and give myself […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, swagman, Western Australia

Simply Mavis – by Margaret Hamilton

09/07/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Book Review: – This book is a biography written by a 90 year old nurse/midwife who was one of a family of eighteen children born on the Murchison Goldfields just after the turn of the century (early 1900’s). From humble beginnings Mavis succeeds in fulfilling her training at Royal Perth Hospital and was to become […]

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

Dead Man Rocks:- the murder of Phil Mack:

08/07/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Phil Mack's Grave marker at Deadman's Soak Photo by Geoff Smith

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 can […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Phil Mack, Western Australia

The Pen is Mightier !!!

08/07/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Offices of the North Coolgardie Herald and the Menzies Miner, Reid Street, Menzies

The North Coolgardie Herald and the Menzies Miner:- The ‘Menzies Miner’ is was a sixteen page weekly newspaper and circulated in every town in the North Coolgardie, Mount Margaret and the East Murchison Goldfields. In those centres which did not have the advantage of a daily mail service the ‘Menzies Miner’ was widely read. The […]

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

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