THE YELLOW STREAK by Gamalan The Yellow Streak claim was pure gold—no figure of speech, just fact. And it ran right through the heart of old “Pilbara Jud,” the lone miner at Gulch Creek. Jud, of course, would be the last to admit that anything like virtue lived in him. He was just “everyday junto,” […]
Capturing the Goldfields: The Pioneering Lens of William Roy Millar
The Pioneer PhotographerPublished by: Julia Robinson-White on 17 March 2020www.dustandglare.home.blog I’m sure that you will agree that we owe a great debt to the early photographers who captured life on the Goldfields that no written version of events could possibly portray. Not only are the family photographs of the people, but a record of important […]
A Night of Song, Dance, and Laughter with the Corrick Family in 1909
BOULDER- TOWN HALL – THE CORRICK FAMILY 14 August 1909. The Corrick Family continued their Boulder season last night. There was a large attendance in the popular portion of the house. The items of the program consisted of orchestral selections and choruses by the full strength of the company and a fine handbell performance, which […]
When Death Creeps in – a tale of a mine
West Australian 6 January 1934, page 4 WHILE DEATH CREEPS IN A Tale of a Mine. By Ion Idriss, author of Flynn of the Inland. It is nasty, facing Death down below, whether under sea or land. Sam Ure worked doggedly though uneasily, for the earth was creaking, a subterranean moan from tortured ground hissed […]
Coolgardie’s Pioneers: The Untold Story of Bayley and Ford
The following account of an interview with Messrs. Bayley and Ford, the discoverers of Coolgardie, is taken from the Australian Mining Standard. The West Australian – 1 Dec 1893, Pg 7 THE DISCOVERERS OF COOLGARDIE. Bayley and Ford Firstly, a word of personal description may not be out of place just here. Arthur Bayley is […]
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