Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
I'm sure that we have all heard of the term 'Billy Cart' which refers to a small cart with no power or pedals which was usually constructed and ridden by children. However the term originally came from Billy Goat Carts which were small carts pulled … [Continue reading]
Billy and I by Dryblower Murphy A faithful mate of days gone by— A friend of many a far-off track,— And yet you here neglected lie, Battered, old, and black. How oft before I brought you West, I've heard you sing and bubble; How oft … [Continue reading]
The Black Range Brewery, or the Breakaway Brewery as it was also known, began trading in August of 1907 with the proprietor as Joseph Vincent Kearney, an Irishman born in 1873 at Ballymoon, Co Carlow Ireland. The manager was Michael 'Mick' Dempsey. … [Continue reading]
I would like to wish all my readers a happy and peaceful Christmas. There will be no newsletter next week, but we will be back again on the 3rd January. Hopefully this will be a better year for everyone. Of Christmas Past Often in my dreams I hear … [Continue reading]
The Bermingham Family - by Pat Callahan Eastern Australia was experiencing a depression in the 1890s. At the end of 1894 when he was nineteen, James Bermingham or Jas as he was called, sailed for Fremantle in Western Australia. After settling in and … [Continue reading]
