Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Western Mail Perth 23 December 1937, page 86 Jack Lawson was having difficulty with his hair. Since yesterday's swim in the none too clean water-hole, it had departed from its usual submissiveness and now insisted on standing straight on end. … [Continue reading]
I was sent this story by Kevin Matthees, who is the great-grandson of Leonard Charles Jackson. Jackson was the proprietor of the Bright Spot Tea Rooms, in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie in November of 1946. This was one of a chain of similar tearooms … [Continue reading]
The Round By Darren McAullay It is, without doubt, one of the biggest, most colourful, and successful racing carnivals to be staged anywhere in Australia. It is steeped in history, has been the scene of some of the most incredible events both … [Continue reading]
William Heron, an Irishman, was about 65 years old when he died in March 1927. He was a station hand and stockman on the Wanarra Station near Wubin. He was drowned in a flash flood in the area and his body was discovered some distance away washed up … [Continue reading]
I'm sure many readers will know that there was a high child mortality rate in the early days of the Goldfields and all of the cemeteries both large and small will testify to this. However, there is one family, in one town, that surely must be one of … [Continue reading]
