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Sailor Bill’s Elopement

24/02/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun Kalgoorlie 22 September 1907, page 6 THE ROARING NINETIES A BULLA BULLING ROMANCE SAILOR BILL’S ELOPEMENT (By Spinifex). Many of the boys of the old brigade have disappeared. They were a roving lot, and when the share boom collapsed in ’97, and the demand for “properties” had petered out, they booked for various […]

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A Coolgardie Delirium

17/02/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Truth ‘Sydney’ 21 July 1935, page 22 Fabulous Gold Find Tossing for £100 a Time! Who found Coolgardie? Every schoolboy knows that Bayley and Ford found Coolgardie. That is history, but a historical fact is as often as not, based on inaccuracy. Strictly speaking, Bayley and Ford did not find Coolgardie for the men who […]

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Duketon – ghost town

17/02/2024 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

DUKETON 27° 38′ 30” South , 122° 16′ 49” East Duketon is named after brothers Jack and Charles Duke who with P. Hayes and J McDonald discovered gold here in 1897. A small town developed from around 1900, but only lasted a few years, as by the outbreak of WW1, much of the mining had […]

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The Women of the Outback –

17/02/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Mail Perth ‘Christmas Number’ 25 December 1905, page 61 Woman of the Out Back by Val Jameson. Seen under favourable circumstances, in the comfortable environments of city homes, one does not suspect the amount of grit possessed by the average Australian woman. Generally speaking, she is not aware of her own powers of fortitude. […]

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Dr Henry Augustus Ellis – pioneer profile

17/02/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Henry Augustus Ellis (1861-1939) physician and politician, was born on 21 July 1861 at Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland, fourth son of Colonel Francis Ellis of the Enniskillen Fusiliers and Louisa McMahon. He was educated at St Columba’s College, Dundrum, and then privately at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, before studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1879 (M.B., 1884; […]

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