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Reinsman of the Roads – Fred Crews

11/05/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sunday Times 23 August 1936, page 20 Drove Coach For Cobb & Co Thousands of Miles Through the Outback by Coach F. A. CREWS LOOKS BACK ON PIONEERING DAYS – A link with coaching days of sixty years ago is provided by Mr Frederick Albert Crews, of Outram Street, West Perth, who has crowded varied […]

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

Blood Red Days in the Golden West

11/05/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The Truth – Qld -10 January 1926, page 12 Like every other gold rush in history, the outbreak of yellow-gold fever in Western Australia attracted many of the best, and a number of the worst, humans from far and wide. But it was not until the terrible hardships of the pioneers were known to have […]

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

The Coolgardie Explosion Horror

04/05/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

West Australian 9 February 1925 & The Daily News  9 February 1925 A COOLGARDIE HORROR AMMONIA CYLINDER OF DEATH Three People Killed DISTRESSING SCENES-  The most distressing tragedy ever known in Coolgardie occurred in the early hours of this morning, as the outcome of a destructive fire at Messrs Milligan and Kemp’s butcher’s shop, in […]

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

Bread Upon the Waters

04/05/2024 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

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 […]

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The Gallant Mrs Taylor – a woman in a mans game

04/05/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

From The Sunday Times -Perth, Sunday 9 June 1940 Mining for gold is usually looked upon as a mans game in which muscle and endurance are needed to wrest the gold-bearing stone from the earth and to keep the machinery moving. It calls for grit, a brave heart and the ability to withstand all the […]

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