Mirror (Perth) 15 September 1934 KANOWNA ONCE BOASTED TWENTY HOTELS! Kanowna Shows Signs of Big Recovery Hectic Days of White Feather Golden Valley Recalled If you take the Kanowna road out of Kalgoorlie, you will travel for some 12 miles parallel with the formation of what was once a busy railway, to the remains of […]
Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson
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Western Mail 25 December 1905, page 10 Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson Up in the heavens, a westering sun cast oblique rays, still fiercely hot, on the parched bush that stretched its shrivelled growth as far as the eye could see from the prospectors’ camp. Nearby, a windlass under a roof of boughs stood on […]
John B Ryan – an adventurous life
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John B Ryan was also known as ‘Old Jack’ died near the end of November 1905, it is thought his age was about 60yrs. He was found on Sturt Meadows Station by a boundary rider some distance from Diorite King in the Leonora District. Jack was an old prospector who was reported as missing. When […]
She Lost Her Husband by a Whisker
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Truth 13 June 1926, page 8 SHE LOSES A HUSBAND BY A WHISKER Margaret Cramer’s Courtship Bristled with Difficulties JURY AWARDS HER £250 It was at a dance in Tenindewa, a place about fifty miles from Geraldton, WA, in 1921, that Margaret Cramer first met Charles Meadowcroft. Margaret was employed by Mrs Troy, of Indarra, […]
Diggers Justice – by John Marshall
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Diggers Justice. In 1894, near Kalgoorlie, a miner named Winter cheated his mate Bull of £80 worth of gold. The chief witness against Winter was a man named Ruse, who told Bull of Winter’s perfidy. This is a true account of the ‘roll up’ which ensued. Winter at first denied having found or sent away […]
