Hasty’s Grave This grateful country cherishes the fine courageous band Who pioneered the wilderness, and founded our great land And so it is appropriate that the name of one so brave Be printed on our outback maps, marked simply ‘Hasty’s Grave’ And for those who wished to go there, and find the grave, perhaps Longitude […]
Michael Brennan – grave tales
22/09/2017 By Leave a Comment
Michael Joseph Brennan 12th June 1875 – 30th March 1900 a family history by Cheryl Benson:- gbenson@iinet.net.au Michael Joseph Brennan was the son of Patrick Brennan and Mary Dougherty born the 12th June 1875 Reefton, Buller, New Zealand. He was christened on the 20th June 1875 with sponsors Mr. M. Byrne and Mrs. Potts. […]
A Gallant Young Hero
21/09/2017 By 4 Comments
Sunday Times – Perth – 5 April 1914, page 7 The Knickerbocker Hero The Little Lennonville Hero were some of the words used to describe Vincent Atkinson, a young boy of just ten years of age, who was to inspire West Australians with his presence of mind and his ‘heart of a lion’ after he […]
John Reside – grave tales
20/09/2017 By Leave a Comment
Westralian Worker (Perth, WA : 1900 – 1951), Friday 3 October 1902, page 2 JOHN RESIDE. – The sudden death of John Reside, M.L.A. for Hannans, which took place at Kalgoorlie last Sunday evening, came as an absolute shock to the whole community. The cause of death was heart affection. Mr Reside was […]
Russian Jack – The other J F K
18/09/2017 By Leave a Comment
Dollypot, Greenhide and Spindrift: a journal of bush history Russian Jack and Synchronicity – by Diane Oldman I rather thought I had made up the word ‘synchronicity’ and when I attempted to look it up in several dictionaries I couldn’t find it. So I decided it was a new noun – my noun. Then […]
