Reinsman of the Roads – Fred Crews

Sunday Times 23 August 1936, page 20 Drove Coach For Cobb & Co Thousands of Miles Through the Outback by Coach F. A. CREWS LOOKS BACK ON PIONEERING DAYS - A link with coaching days of sixty years ago is provided by Mr Frederick Albert Crews, … [Continue reading]

Blood Red Days in the Golden West

The Truth - Qld -10 January 1926, page 12 Like every other gold rush in history, the outbreak of yellow-gold fever in Western Australia attracted many of the best, and a number of the worst, humans from far and wide. But it was not until the … [Continue reading]

The Coolgardie Explosion Horror

West Australian 9 February 1925 & The Daily News  9 February 1925 A COOLGARDIE HORROR AMMONIA CYLINDER OF DEATH Three People Killed DISTRESSING SCENES-  The most distressing tragedy ever known in Coolgardie occurred in the early hours … [Continue reading]

Bread Upon the Waters

Western Mail Perth 1 August 1940, page 9 Bread Upon the Waters In the early days of the Golden Mile, Davy Jones was working on a mine and according to custom, he bought a block of land in preparation for the time when he and Mifanwy … [Continue reading]

The Gallant Mrs Taylor – a woman in a mans game

From The Sunday Times -Perth, Sunday 9 June 1940 Mining for gold is usually looked upon as a mans game in which muscle and endurance are needed to wrest the gold-bearing stone from the earth and to keep the machinery moving. It calls for grit, a … [Continue reading]