A ‘Ripping Yarn’ indeed. Miller was born Jessie Maude Beveridge in Southern Cross, Western Australia, in 1901 and educated in Victoria and New Zealand. You may remember a TV series back in the ’80s: The Lancaster Miller Affair. An Australian’s true story of adventure, danger, romance and murder:- The remarkable true story of a […]
The people of the Goldfields
The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things
The Yuill family of Kalgoorlie
01/04/2017 By 3 Comments
Recently I was in contact with Jason Clark who has been researching his ‘Yuill’ family connections in the WA Goldfields. The family suffered several tragedies. The following photograph shows Christina Jessie Yuill (nee Balle) with her young son William John . Although the date was handwritten on the front of the photograph of 1916, this […]
Early Days – the Stock and Hill Families
26/03/2017 By 2 Comments
The following photographs and information have been kindly sent by Lesley Ryle nee Moloney and features members of her family. Along the bottom of the photo is written Sir John Forrest and party at the National Bank of Australasia, Malcolm WA. Sadly no date but (probably 1898-1900) On the right seated, is Peter Hill possibly the […]
Greek Tragedy at Lawlers
26/03/2017 By 2 Comments
Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916), Tuesday 13 January 1903, page 31 THE LAWLERS MURDER INQUEST AND TRIAL. Inquest into the deaths of Sophia, and and her child Emanuel Psechetsas. The victims of the terrible tragedy at Lawlers on December 20 was begun on Tuesday last, Detective Walsh having arrived from Kalgoorlie two […]
Accident at the State Battery
23/03/2017 By Leave a Comment
Allan Murray AYLES, age 35yrs, an assayer, was killed on 23rd March 1916 at the Wiluna State Battery. He became caught in the belting of a Berdan Pan and was crushed by the machinery. He was from Wellington New Zealand. he was the son of Allan AYLES and Mother Mary E nee Phillips. His wife, […]
