A Racing Man from Tipperary – grave tales

FATAL MINING ACCIDENT IN THE PERSEVERANCE MINE - MAN FALLS DOWN A PASS. Richard Ryan, a well known citizen of Boulder, met with an instantaneous death in the Great Boulder Perseverance. Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 17 … [Continue reading]

Why Can’t the Kids be Always Young?

Why Can’t the Kids Be Always Young? by (Edwin Greenslade Murphy) Dryblower Murphy 1926 Published first in the Sunday Times 28 Apr 1918 pg 6 with some differences Why can’t the kids be always young? Why must they grow from babyhood To hear … [Continue reading]

Burley Bill and the Cemetery Rush – by Ted Rowell

Neil McLeod, with his partner, Syd Ward, had the license at the primitive Exchange Hotel, a galvanized iron structure at the corner of Hannan and Maritana Sts, Kalgoorlie. Talk would turn to athletics and one of the customers who fancied he could run … [Continue reading]

A gift of Light and Water:

Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), Tuesday 8 February 1910, page 25 PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAIN- Mr. George P. Doolette's Gift to Kalgoorlie The public drinking fountain now on its way out from London to West Australia, the subject of this … [Continue reading]

When the Marvel Loch Mine Fell In:

Recently Australia was shocked by the news that two men had lost their lives 500ft down a Broken Hill Mine. At the same time the name of Mazza appeared in the obituary notices of the local press. Probably it bore little significance to any but … [Continue reading]