Daily News 19 January 1935, page 12 Yellowdine Finder Tells His Romantic Story A horse with teeth missing makes history and New Goldfield Rewards Years of Prospecting. PALMERS GRAPHIC STORY – If it had not been that an old horse, to be exact 25 years old, was four teeth short and could not pick up […]
The Boulder Hammer Murder –
22/07/2023 By 9 Comments
Daily News 28 November 1951, page 1 Hammer Murder In Boulder BOULDER – With head injuries allegedly caused by a hammer blow, a Yugoslav miner was found dead in a Boulder house at 4 a.m. today. A man living in the same house has been arrested and charged with wilful murder. He is labourer called […]
Tales of the Tanami –
15/07/2023 By Leave a Comment
The Sun – Kalgoorlie 28 November 1909, page 11 A Tale of the Tanami The Dryblowers Reminiscences Jack Hunter of the Kimberley By ‘Bilby OLD JACK HUNTER the ‘over-lander’, blowing off his run, glared with suspicion over the rim of his gold dish at the immaculately dressed young man, who, after carefully placing his bicycle […]
Richard Casey and the ‘Golden Hole’
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Back in 1997, I was in correspondence with Lenore O’Neill who is a relative of the Casey family. She holds a copy of the Miners Right shown below and has recorded what was written on the back. It said: “This Miners Right was presented to his worship the Mayor of Kalgoorlie, Mr L A Alman, […]
The Bermingham’s – a pioneering family
08/07/2023 By Leave a Comment
The Bermingham Family by Pat Callahan Eastern Australia was experiencing a depression in the 1890s. At the end of 1894 when he was nineteen, James Bermingham or Jas as he was called, sailed for Fremantle in Western Australia. After settling in and slowly getting his gear together, Jas and a mate took the train to […]
