Dear Readers I would like to apologise for there being no news letter this week. Family circumstances have kept me busy. Normal service will be resumed next week I promise. … [Continue reading]
John Hindhaugh – grave tales
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John Hindhaugh was born in Northumberland England in 1870, the son of William and Elizabeth Hindhaugh, and he died in Perth on the 19th Aug 1958 aged 88yrs. His ashes were scattered on the gardens at Karrakatta Cemetery. He is not known to have ever … [Continue reading]
Frank Albert Day – mascot to the 11th Battalion
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Story by:- David McMillan Truth can be stranger than fiction can’t it? Frank Day’s life is stranger than most and shouldn’t be forgotten. Blackboy Hill was the Western Australian training camp established in 1914 to house local Australian … [Continue reading]
Tom McMillan and the Wobblies – by David McMillan
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As we commemorate the ANZAC battles of a century ago, it is not generally appreciated today that Australia was bitterly divided over its commitment to the war effort. The Labor Prime Minister, Hughes, had promised Britain another 80,000 men but was … [Continue reading]
When the Children Come Home – by Henry Lawson
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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]
