Robert Andrew HAVLIN was born in Bendigo, Victoria, on 8 October 1869. He was the youngest child of Patrick HAVLIN and Margaret EWINGS, both of whom were from Co Tyrone in Ireland. Robert married Emily ‘Emma’ Jane Pearce in Victoria, Australia, in 1894, and their first child, a daughter, Margaret Annie, born the same year, […]
Mick of the Murchison – ‘Doing Time’
Western Mail 8 July 1937, page 11 The Dolly Pot – Over the Plates. “Doing Time.” In Tuckanarra, a mining town about 25 miles north of Cue, there resided in the late 1800s a man named Mick. He was an excellent judge of a horse, a good rider and bushman, and knew to a penny […]
The Lone Jewish Prospector: A Goldfields Burial
Western Mail 14 January 1937, page 13 A Goldfields Burial. Amongst the present-day barrow pushers, there is not one who could put up a decent show against the old-timers. These men, representatives from all climes, pushed heavily loaded barrows over heavy bush tracks, and in many cases, no tracks at all, and put up with […]
The Adventurous Life of Charles George Herrich
In the bustling port city of Hamburg, Bavaria, on August 17, 1843, Charles George Herrich was born to Johann George Herrich and Anna Magdalena Dorotea Eleonora Ernst. The salty air and vibrant trade of the German docks sparked a wanderlust in young Charles, a flame that would guide him across oceans to distant shores. At […]
Paddy Higgins and the Lost Christmas Nugget –
Sunday Times – 25 December 1927, page 40 Paddy Higgins Christmas The Story of a Lost Nugget. By John Meiklejohn. The day after CoIreavy’s and Murphy’s teams from Southern Cross had dumped the first load of gold-hunters’ swags on Fly Spot Flat, Coolgardie, September 1882. Paddy Higgins and Frank Summer, sworn mates and two of […]
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