Sunday Times 5 September 1954, page 3 Murder Ended a 1922 search for Oil in Kimberleys Memories of the Locke Expedition by Morva Gogan In a specially equipped Dakota plane, a party from the Bureau of Mineral Resources has almost … [Continue reading]
William H Gale – first mayor of Cue
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Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler (WA : 1896 - 1905), Friday 26 March 1897, page 42 Cue was declared a municipality in August 1894, the first election of councillors taking place at the Warden's office on … [Continue reading]
A Most Determined Suicide – John Philp
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Mental health is today something that we are much more aware of. In 1898 it was still a crime to attempt to kill yourself and was so until the mid 1960's in most Australian states. This would be why Sergeant Sellenger said he would take no further … [Continue reading]
The Man in a Mining Camp – by N E Gledhill
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Men In A Mining Camp - A tale by N.E. Gledhill This 'Ripping Yarn' from the pen of N E Gledhill is kindly shared by his Great Nephew Allen Gledhill with thanks: As soon as I had explored the empty, hollow-sounding rooms of our new house in … [Continue reading]
Life in the Australian Backblocks
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THE BOUNDARY RIDER by Edward S Sorenson Life in the Australian Backblocks. The bush claims many lonely lives, none lonelier perhaps than that of the boundary rider, who is posted on the outskirts of a run to look after the stock, to watch the tanks … [Continue reading]
