John Reside – grave tales

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 7 October 1902, page 19 THE LATE MR. J. RESIDE M.L.A., First Member for Hannans. The news of the sudden death of Mr. John Reside. M.L.A., first representative for the Legislative Assembly for Hannans, was received … [Continue reading]

Mt Palmer – a grave competition

Search for the Mt Palmer Cemetery and the grave  of John Ebenezer JONES By Mike Duggan Early 1972 - Mr Ken White approached Eric Carnicelli, a member of the Southern Cross Historical Society, to see if Mr White’s grandfather’s grave at Mt Palmer … [Continue reading]

The Unlucky Gamble – by Big Jim Allanson

Dolly Pot - Western Mail, Perth - 21 November 1940, page 8 OVER THE PLATES An Unlucky Gamble. DEAR "Non-Com," Early in the "Roaring Nineties," Billy Collins, Ned Campion, Barney - and I were camped at a pool ten miles west of Cue. At the … [Continue reading]

Death at Dingo Creek –

Malcolm Chronicle and Leonora Advertiser 18 January 1902 DEATH FROM THIRST ANOTHER SAD TALE FROM THE BOOK OF THE BUSH On Saturday morning of last week, two Italians, named Bortolo and Joe Marinoni left Anaconda Copper Mine, where … [Continue reading]

An Aboriginal ‘Don Juan’

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37401376/3453908# Western Mail 25 December 1909, page 91 AN ABORIGINAL DON JUAN By DAISY M. BATES Opportunity makes the thief, and circumstance not infrequently makes the hero or the … [Continue reading]