Australian Sikh & Hindu – Indian Wrestlers

Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide range of venues, for example; Massa Singh fought Australian … [Continue reading]

Tales from the Old Camp – The Murder of Nurse Gregory

The Sunday Times 5th November 1911 Recently, in the Old Coolgardie Cemetery, a kindly hand repainted the lettering on a rough wooden tomb slab erected to the memory of Arthur Court the son of the late Dr Court, the once well-known philanthropist … [Continue reading]

The Ghosts of Red Flag Well:

Sophie Chapman died at the Ajax GM lease at Red Flag on the Mt Margaret Goldfields. 12 miles south west of Laverton and 2 miles from the Hawks Nest Rail Siding. Buried alongside Alexander McDONALD (age 27)  100 meters ESE of the old Red Flag … [Continue reading]

Malcolm Cemetery – the legion of the lost

Malcolm Cemetery Biographies:   138 burials Also known as Mount Malcolm There are 2 Cemeteries at Malcolm Malcolm Salt Lake Cemetery AKA Lake Raeside -  123 burial from 1897-1911 Malcolm Kookynie Road Cemetery 14 burials 1911 – … [Continue reading]

The Black Tracker – a verse

The Black Tracker Swart bloodhounds of the fenceless West, Black gallopers that lead the Law, To whom your victims stand confessed By every lightest line they draw; The hawks that high above you sail Have eyes less keen to pierce the … [Continue reading]