Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
The following newspaper article about a local wedding was reported, as you will see, in great detail. This was very common and sometimes each wedding present received was also listed with the name of the person who gave it. , It is to remember in … [Continue reading]
The Heat Wave When the earth was parched and the sky aflame When the old year slept beyond praise or blame In an evil moment a heatwave came Some dropped the pen and some dropped the pick Some were dying, and some more were sick And sunstroke … [Continue reading]
Evening Journal, Adelaide, 30 January 1894 A Terrible Experience at Coolgardie. A well-known and respected resident of Kent Town has received a letter from his son, who recently went to Coolgardie from Adelaide, from which the … [Continue reading]
Sunday Times 18 November 1906, page 4 DAVYHURST ROMANCE - THE VAGRANT LETTER The Bush Buck-and the Belle - A Mulga Novelette "Vagrant" : The love affairs of 'Dancing Tommy', coach-driver, poet, and whipper in in … [Continue reading]
"The Drover's Wife" is a dramatic short story by the Australian writer Henry Lawson. It recounts the story of an outback woman left alone with her four children in an isolated hut. The story can be read in full here: The Drovers … [Continue reading]
