Yellowdine – the people on the field (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of the story of Yellowdine - To read the first part go here:  Yellowdine - A walk through a canvas town West Australian 17 April 1935, page 25 YELLOWDINE The People on the Field There is to be found on the purple … [Continue reading]

Linden – ghost town

Linden the wounds of the golden game Linden is an abandoned townsite in the eastern goldfields, 75 km south of Laverton on the southern side of Lake Carey. Gold was discovered in this area in the mid-1890s, and in 1896 Warden Owen suggested a … [Continue reading]

A High Time in the Old Town –

Coolgardie was booming, diggers who had struck it rich were as common as sand flies; money was easy to come by and even easier to lose. If you wanted to part with what you had in a hurry, ‘Hughie the Baker’ or ‘Handsome Jack Wilson’, the towns … [Continue reading]

Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.

Weekly Times (Melbourne VIC) - 10 September 1898, page 48 Frank Ernest Randell & Co. Messrs F E. Randell and Co. are well known on the West Australian goldfields as carrying and forwarding agents. Their head office is at Fremantle, having … [Continue reading]

The Gold Seekers of Central Australia –

Sunday Times 16 August 1931, page 1 Gold Seekers of Central Australia Government Geologist Blatchford Accompanies Expedition- Sydney Syndicate's Efforts to Locate Rich Reef Documents Left by Dead Prospector Gold! What a magic spell … [Continue reading]