The Niagara Football Club – a verse

Kookynie Advocate and Northern Goldfields News 31 October 1903, page 2 The Niagara Football Club. (With apologies to "Banjo" Patterson.) On Saturday 17th October 1903, after Niagara became football premiers, there was a grand wind-up at the … [Continue reading]

William Whitfield Mills – Surveyor-Explorer-Prospector

William W MILLS Surveyor - Explorer - Prospector MILLS William Whitfield - d 15 Aug 1916, 72yrs, at Widgiemooltha, WA, Occ: Pension and former surveyor, Father: Josias MILLS, Mother: Elizabeth Land WHITFIELD, Born: Plymouth, Devon, England in 1844, … [Continue reading]

The Days of Cobb & Co

The Sun 23 July 1939, page 4 Cobb & Co on the Goldfields These goldfields were one of the last strongholds of the famous firm of Cobb & Co whose coaches were one of the principal means of communication all over Australia. The story of this … [Continue reading]

Red Hill Cemetery (Kambalda)

Kambalda (Red Hill)  Pioneer Cemetery Beresford Rd, Kambalda L 31.204984 - L 121.650983 5 burials - 1 suicide 1 woman EUPELI George — d 13th June 1904, at the Butterfly Mine, Red Hill, Occ: Miner, 43 Years, Cause: Cardiac Failure, … [Continue reading]

Microbe of the Murchison – by Suter Abis

Western Mail 12 November 1936, page 11 Microbe of the Murchison He was a peculiar looking man of medium height, with long legs and hunched back. His voice was squeaky and high pitched, and he could turn his hand to anything but he liked being a … [Continue reading]