Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 6th June 2021

Hi Everyone How has your week been???  It was touch and go as to this week's newsletter happening at all. Two days with hardly any internet than having to set up a new laptop, a swap with my husband who now has a new 'work from home' laptop. I'm … [Continue reading]

Menzies to Kalgoorlie Cyclassic Bike Race-

Australia’s Richest Handicap Cycle Race Cycling has been part of the Goldfields since the courier cyclist in the 1890s carried messages around the Goldfields before the telegraph line came to the region. This year's Minara Resources Goldfields … [Continue reading]

The Brothers Mulcahy – a family story

W.A. Record  Perth  24 December 1898, page 19 MULCAHY BROTHERS Premier Hotel keepers, FREMANTLE, PERTH, AND BOULDER CITY As Licensed Victuallers, the firm of Messrs. Mulcahy Bros is famed throughout Western Australia. They have … [Continue reading]

When I die – author unknown

Carry me back to the bush when I die. Its there that I always could rest. Bury me deep in the deserts red earth On a dry riverbank in the west. Take me back home to the stock camp Out on the endless red plain Let my soul know the peace and the … [Continue reading]

Frances Michael Connolly – grave tales

Frances 'Frank' Michael Connolly was born on 8th Oct 1877 in Warwick Queensland. He was the son of Dennis Connolly and Johanna Mary Callaghan both from Co Cork, Ireland. He had seven brothers and three sisters and he died of Typhoid fever in the … [Continue reading]