Western Mail 29 October 1910, page 30 A NATIVE MASSACRE AT LAVERTON A pathetic interest is attached to the following portraits of baby Sunday, aged three months and a half-cast girl Kitty, aged 10 years, in connection with a recent Laverton massacre. The raiders, who were gathered from the surrounding districts of Kalgoorlie, Kookynie. and […]
Reinsman of the Roads – Fred Crews
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Sunday Times 23 August 1936, page 20 Drove Coach For Cobb & Co Thousands of Miles Through the Outback by Coach F. A. CREWS LOOKS BACK ON PIONEERING DAYS – A link with coaching days of sixty years ago is provided by Mr Frederick Albert Crews, of Outram Street, West Perth, who has crowded varied […]
Blood Red Days in the Golden West
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The Truth – Qld -10 January 1926, page 12 Like every other gold rush in history, the outbreak of yellow-gold fever in Western Australia attracted many of the best, and a number of the worst, humans from far and wide. But it was not until the terrible hardships of the pioneers were known to have […]
The Coolgardie Explosion Horror
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West Australian 9 February 1925 & The Daily News 9 February 1925 A COOLGARDIE HORROR AMMONIA CYLINDER OF DEATH Three People Killed DISTRESSING SCENES- The most distressing tragedy ever known in Coolgardie occurred in the early hours of this morning, as the outcome of a destructive fire at Messrs Milligan and Kemp’s butcher’s shop, in […]
Bread Upon the Waters
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Western Mail Perth 1 August 1940, page 9 Bread Upon the Waters In the early days of the Golden Mile, Davy Jones was working on a mine and according to custom, he bought a block of land in preparation for the time when he and Mifanwy could marry. A little house was built, and as […]
