Daily News – Perth – 27 October 1934, page 16 Jim Keen, who arrived in Kalgoorlie from out from the East this week with three camels, has prospected in several other countries besides Australia, and has had some narrow shaves in the last 40 years. But he reckons the narrowest he has had was just […]
Where is Gum Creek ?
While researching details on the burial of a mining death for the Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial, I came across the cemetery of Gum Creek. This was a new name for me so I looked into it further, I was also able to add another name to my collection of hotel names. The Book ‘West […]
Bill ‘Bunny’ Choules – grave tales
William Osmand ‘Bunny’ CHOULES was born on the 8 December 1848 in East Grafton, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire England. He came to Australia alone aged only 17 years on the ship the ‘Salamanca’ in October 1865, arriving in Port Adelaide South Australia in Jan 1866. He stated his occupation as a Labourer. Also travelling on the […]
Bread Upon the Waters –
Western Mail Perth 1 August 1940, page 9 Bread Upon the Waters. In the early days of the Golden Mile, Davy Jones was working on a mine and according to custom he bought a block of land in preparation for the time when he and Mifanwy could marry. A little house was built, and as […]
The Prospector – by Prospect Good
We pined in the crowded city, And tired of sordid marts Where misery glutted pity, Where yesterday limn’d to tomorrow, While loud avarice stalked All day, and at night wan sorrow And vice in vainness walked. We longed for the wide horizon The low, long skyline meets. For the reeded, open roadways, In place of […]
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