Thanks to John Pritchard for the original idea for this story: Milly/Millie Soak is 16 kilometers north of Cue and was a popular picnic spot in Cue’s early history. It also became the source of the town’s water for a number of years following the pollution of the town water supply due to poor sanitary […]
Unmarked First World War Graves to be Commemorated:
14/04/2019 By 1 Comment
From:- Vetaffairs Autum 2019 p17 A number of unmarked graves of World War veterans who died after returning from the war will be commemorated under a two year pilot program. Administrated by the Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) the unmarked graves of the First World War Program will provide funding to help ex-service organisations, […]
“I’ve got me tobacco, I’ve got me beer and I’ve got me dog”.
13/04/2019 By 4 Comments
I have been fortunate in being given permission by Roger Garwood to share his photographs from the book ‘Off Like Flies’ by Trish Ainslee and Roger Garwood. Roger told me:- Fred’s philosophy of life : He once explained, after he had sold the Doreen Rose and the new owner (I’ve forgotten his name) found millions […]
The Heat Wave – a verse
13/04/2019 By 1 Comment
The Heat Wave When the earth was parched and the sky aflame When the old year slept beyond praise or blame In an evil moment a heatwave came Some dropped the pen and some dropped the pick Some were dying, and some more were sick And sunstroke cases came fast and thick Creation dropped in […]
Fighting Sons of the Empire – Westonia WW2
13/04/2019 By 2 Comments
The following records have been very kindly sourced by Graeme Monaghan, I would like to thank him for all his hard work:- The following is a list of the men in WW2, who joined up, or were born in Westonia WA. It is not a comprehensive list, as there may be others we have not […]
