Smith's Weekly 26 November 1927 - by John Drayton How "Justice" was served out on the Goldfields. Niagara was one of the little towns worth a column in the WA Post Office Directory of 1899 following Bob Menzies strike in … [Continue reading]
Human Gold by N E Gledhill
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This sad and poignant story from the pen of N E Gledhill is kindly shared by his Great Nephew Allen Gledhill with thanks. STEVE HARDING lived with his wife in a tumble-down shanty on the outskirts of the Golden Mile. They were a queer couple. … [Continue reading]
The Death of Father Long –
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Kalgoorlie Western Argus 25 May 1899, page 25 THE LATE REV FATHER LONG A telegraphic message was published the Kalgoorlie Miner of May 18th to the effect that the Rev Father Long had succumbed to an attack of typhoid fever in Perth on … [Continue reading]
Murder or Suicide – that is the question
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Albert Lockner, a prospector who supposedly died of thirst within 2 miles of the later famed 'chain of water holes', making the tragedy particularly distressing. Norman K Sligo who had joined in the search for the missing man met the police at the … [Continue reading]
The I.O.U – Bulong Cemetery
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Bulong's 'Second' Cemetery - Reserve 3978 102 Burials GPS Coordinates - 30.76511, 121.79686 Tis sad to see these friendless graves And think of those who lie therein Their mute appeal some tribute craves For love which in the past had … [Continue reading]
