Sunday Times 21 August 1938, page 21 Part legend, part fact, their adventures embellished and exaggerated around a thousand campfires, the story of the Ragged Thirteen has been beloved of bush storytellers for a hundred and thirty years. The Ragged Thirteen were brilliant horsemen, fugitives, consummate bushmen, lovers of bush poetry, and champions of the […]
The Wool Cheque:
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THE WOOL CHEQUE told by Rod Teal This came from a confession by a colleague who trained as a Postal Clerk in the early 1950’s. The job of a Postal Clerk was complex. Besides the usual things you might expect to happen in a post office, in those days, money orders were used where today […]
A Sensational Narrative of Adventure:
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The following account of an interview with Messrs. Bayley and Ford, the discoverers of Coolgardie, is taken from the Australian Mining Standard of November 18th:- The West Australian – 1 Dec 1893, Pg 7 THE DISCOVERERS OF COOLGARDIE. Bayley and Ford Firstly a word of personal description may not be out of place just here. […]
Matron MacKenzie – a duty nobly done
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Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 24 January 1919, page 2 Death or Matron Mackenzie. The news of the death of Matron Florence MacKenzie, at the Cue Hospital on Sunday night last, came as a shock to the residents of Cue and Day Dawn. Miss MacKenzie, who had only recently been appointed as matron at […]
Kanowna’s Boy Hero – James Sexton
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To rescue a fellow mortal from a watery grave, from a burning building, or under other exceptional circumstances requires the display of personal bravery and lack of regard for the safety of the rescuer. To risk all, to and to face death to save a mate, is often heard of. These deeds are rewarded by […]
