Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
In the 1860's donkeys were first brought to Australia as pack animals to replace horses that had succumbed to native poisonous plants. Now numbering 5 million, they have been declared a pest, owing to their damage to vegetation and erosion of … [Continue reading]
Hi Everyone Well this week I have made it official at last by having a cover designed for me by Design Sense for an upcoming publication which is going to be 'The Best of Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales' There are over 1200 stories on the Outback … [Continue reading]
Emma Emilie BELICKE ,Born 15 Aug 1884 in Prahan, Victoria. Died 28 Mar 1919 Kalgoorlie. Daughter of Carl Wilhelm BELICKE and Emma Amelia RAU. She came to Western Australia in 1897 with her parents aged 12yrs. On the 1st Feb 1905 Emma married … [Continue reading]
Davyhurst Cemetery - Western Australia - GPS Latitude and longitude 30° 03’.82s 120° 38’.70e The Davyhurst Cemetery has 45 people buried there. Davyhurst is a Goldfields town that is situated southwest of Menzies, Western Australia, … [Continue reading]
Peter Dennis Kavanagh joined the Police Force when he was twenty-one. How he crushed the gold stealing industry on the Golden Mile has now gone down in history. He was tutored by that wonderfully astute Excise Inspector – John Mitchell … [Continue reading]
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