An Hotel by Any Other Name-

The Hotel Australia in Laverton Western Australia still stands today. It has changed very little over the years as you will see from the following photographs. The building has been re used for lots of different purposes but the façade has remained … [Continue reading]

The Gabanintha Beer Strike

Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette  -19 May 1904, page 3 The Gabanintha Beer Strike. I wonder if you chaps as writes the papers ever thinks about the price of beer a up here and other sorts of drinks It seems to me you fancy … [Continue reading]

Cornelius LYHANE – grave tales

W.A. Record  2 September 1905, page 11 Obituary. DEATH OF DR. LYHANE. The Irishmen— indeed the public generally — of Western Australia, will learn with profound regret of the death of Dr. Cornelius Lyhane, one of. the youngest, … [Continue reading]

The World Well Lost for Love –

Bunbury Herald 5 June 1907, page 3 The Story of Bob and Jack  A PROSPECTOR'S SACRIFICE By R. M. Cochrane Every prospector knows the dreary tracts of the Mount Margaret goldfields of Western Australia, but few are acquainted with … [Continue reading]

When the Children Come Home – by Henry Lawson

On a lonely selection far out in the West An old woman works all the day without rest, And she croons, as she toils 'neath the sky's glassy dome, `Sure I'll keep the ould place till the childer come home.' She mends all the fences, she grubs, and … [Continue reading]