I recently came across this wonderful photograph, while searching for something else entirely, of the two Padley brothers of Menzie’s and thought that here are two fellows with a great sense of humour. Inscribed on the photo are the words: “Padley”ing my own canoe”. Although many men had similar clothing to these two and often […]
From Woolgar to Yunndaga: A Forgotten Chapter of the Gold Rush
YUNNDAGA Latitude 29° 45′ S Longitude 121° 03′ E Yunndaga is an abandoned town on the Western Australian goldfields located 7 km south of Menzies. Gold was discovered in the area in the mid-1890s, and in 1898, a business and residence subdivision was laid out at what was then referred to as Woolgar. Business and […]
From Kalgoorlie to the Somme: The Sacrifice of Private James Valant Turner
Private James Valant Turner, Service Number 5931, son of James William and Elizabeth (nee Williams) Turner of 322 Egan St, Kalgoorlie, was born and educated in Kalgoorlie. As an 18-year-old postal assistant, Pte Turner enlisted on the 29th of May 1916 and went to the Belmont camp. He embarked from Frementle on October 30th 1916. […]
The White Horse Blow –
The White Horse Blow by Alfred E Wallace ‘The Axeman” Lo, hear the hobbles jingle And the old Mokes bells a dingle And from the far-off Dolly Pot, the echo seems to ring O’er the ranger and the ridges Through the mulgas and the gidgeas. Where McGann was ‘Costeen Champion’, and Pearsey Floater King, Kirklands […]
The Crudace Brothers –
The following stories about the Crudace brothers was written by their nephew, the late John William Green who was the son of their sister, Clara Elizabeth CRUDACE who married William Henry GREEN from Boulder. John was born in Kanowna in 1905 and died in 1985, he is buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. William Mellamby CRUDACE […]
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