Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Water was the great leveller. Everyone needed it, young or old, rich or poor. Many a venture has failed through lack of water, and many a life has ended through lack of, or too much of it. In the early gold rush days, it was often safer to drink … [Continue reading]
That day Mount Margaret was as quiet as a cemetery on a Sunday morning in Melbourne. Andy Flannagan, the 'Learned Bushman' and his mates, had reported a strike of alluvial gold 18 miles east, and all the prospectors not on good shows, and had pulled … [Continue reading]
T’othersiders People from the eastern colonies were referred to as t’othersiders, an instance of the isolation felt by many in Australia's ‘Western Third’. It was the influx of 't’othersiders' to the Goldfields however which helped Western … [Continue reading]
Rothsay Cemetery - Perenjori Shire off Boonerong Road, Rothsay, Western Australia Coordinates - 29.29060, 116.88470 Reserve 6295 Rothsay is an abandoned town in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. It is situated between the towns of … [Continue reading]
Victorian Express 7 April 1893, page 3 TOMMY'S HUT From The Sydney Bulletin There's a clearing in the ranges on the old bush road to Yea, Where a shanty once was running in the old and lawless way; It was here the splitters rallied, and … [Continue reading]
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