Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Smithfield Western Australia 30.49648° or 30° 29' 47" south - 121.382° or 121° 22' 55" east A small settlement halfway between Kalgoorlie and Bardoc. Not gazetted, the nearest towns were Paddington and Broad Arrow. It was a popular picnic spot for … [Continue reading]
Australian Post - 23 Aug 1993 - sent by Cath Smith What do you want for breakfast? Asked one of the last true Aussie pioneers. There's some roo if you like, the dog has had some of it, but there's nothing wrong with the other half. The … [Continue reading]
Western Mail 29 October 1910, page 30 A NATIVE MASSACRE AT LAVERTON A pathetic interest is attached to the following portraits of baby Sunday, aged three months and a half-cast girl Kitty, aged 10 years, in connection with a recent Laverton … [Continue reading]
Sunday Times 23 August 1936, page 20 Drove Coach For Cobb & Co Thousands of Miles Through the Outback by Coach F. A. CREWS LOOKS BACK ON PIONEERING DAYS - A link with coaching days of sixty years ago is provided by Mr Frederick Albert Crews, … [Continue reading]
The Truth - Qld -10 January 1926, page 12 Like every other gold rush in history, the outbreak of yellow-gold fever in Western Australia attracted many of the best, and a number of the worst, humans from far and wide. But it was not until the … [Continue reading]
