Dastardly and Diabolical Deed at Day Dawn

Evening Mail - Fremantle 23 March 1908, page 1 No one will deny that Harry Goninon Smith, who at 8 o'clock this morning paid, on the scaffold at the Fremantle Prison, the last penalty for the supreme crime in the criminal calendar, was … [Continue reading]

The Golden Haired Charmer –

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgoo Goldfields Chronicler - 23 December 1898, page 18 It was in the early, though not the 'very' early days, that Cue awoke one morning to find a charmer in its midst with golden hair that put the most … [Continue reading]

Two Brides for Two brothers – pioneer profile

Westralian Worker Perth - 26 Jun 1931 - Fremantle News and Views OBITUARY - GOLDFIELDS PIONEER PASSES Buried on Saturday afternoon, June 6, in the Fremantle Cemetery, Mr. Edward Currie, of Hickory Street, South Fremantle. The deceased was a … [Continue reading]

Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery – a picturesque and pathetic ceremony

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 3 November 1903, page 19 UNVEILING THE PROSPECTORS MEMORIAL CROSS A picturesque and pathetic ceremony was seen at the unveiling of the pioneers' memorial this day. In the early nineties, a small plot of ground was … [Continue reading]

Mick of the Murchison – ‘Doing Time’

Western Mail 8 July 1937, page 11 The Dolly Pot - Over the Plates. "Doing Time." In Tuckanarra, a mining town about 25 miles north of Cue, there resided in the late 1800s, a man named Mick. He was an excellent judge of a horse, a … [Continue reading]