No more bets big Nick cried, as the pennies went up, And they spun round and round in the air Tails he called when they came down to rest, For the spinner it was sheer despair. He tossed the kip down on the ground in the ring; that was a quick lost ten quid This […]
The First Train to Coolgardie
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Western Australian Goldfields Courier 9 May 1896, page 12 The First Train To Arrive in Coolgardie 23rd March 1896 – A Pictorial Review The arrival of the first train into Coolgardie, the Maori Chief, was a huge gala occasion and will serve to pleasantly carry back the thoughts of our readers to what must be […]
Sailor Bills Elopement –
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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 […]
Mays & Carrigg – pioneer master plumbers
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Michael John CARRIGG was born on the 4 Aug 1868 in Toowoomba, Queensland and died on 14 June 1921 in Kalgoorlie WA. He was the oldest son of Austin Carrigg and Margaret nee Flanagan, both from Ireland. His father was a Justice of the Peace in Toowoomba Queensland. Michael was married to Catherine Hannah Harrington […]
I Can Recommend the ‘ash’ Sir ! –
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Geraldton Advertiser 9 February 1900, page 4 Bungarra. There was a waiter at a Nannine pub on the Murchison, who always made the most of scant materials for his landlord’s guests. The Perth speculator just off the coach was put down in a galvanised iron hothouse, like a Russian steam bath, and had, his soup […]
