Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
John Carins - know as Dryblower Jack:- John was born in Newcastle on Tyne, in Northumberland, England in 1890 and was educated in Rutherford College in that town. He was said to have come to Australia in 1913, he had a discharge certificate from … [Continue reading]
It is a far cry from Coolgardie to Corbie in the Somme Valley in France. Still, in 1916, a Salvation Army Chaplin, Benjamin Orames, who as a boy had been on the Goldfields of Coolgardie, found himself in Corbie seeking the town mayor who he located … [Continue reading]
Alfred E. Wallace (Darky) - Miners profile The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette. 13 October 1910. Some very rich floaters from the Eclipse lease at Garden Gully, owned by ‘Darky’ Wallace and party were on view at the Meekatharra Miner office … [Continue reading]
As we come up to the annual Community Fair on the 23rd and 24th March I thought it might be nice to look at some old photos of past fairs. This photo is from my own family album, taken about 1966 and shows my husband, Norm Sharp, … [Continue reading]
Nambucca and Bellinger News (NSW : 1911 - 1945), Friday 6 May 1932, page 5 A TALE OF THE GOLDFIELDS written by JAMES GRAYSON for the "Nambucca News" When gold is calling, however tortuous the road, civilised men all the … [Continue reading]
