The following photographs are reproduced here by kind permission of Ron Moss. Michael Marijan Erceg and Milka nee Bulich are his wife’s parents. Marijan Erceg is the last one on the right of the back row as you look at it, he is in the tug of war photo below. (Standing far right with towel […]
In the Future – a verse
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In The Future – by Prospect Good Oh what will the bush bards sing in time When the digging days are done? When the roaring times have been sung in rhymes The yarns of the past all spun? When there’s no new field to rush and work And never a camp fire gleams […]
No Good at Sewing –
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The old timer was sitting among the pots and pans in orderly array outside his little camp, he was skewering a startling blue patch to a pair of trousers. ‘Can I do it for you?” asked the young lady visitor with a smile. He regarded her solemnly over his spectacles, then, ‘Thank ye kindly,” he […]
Maninga Marley – ghost town
02/11/2017 By 4 Comments
The outback mining centre of Maninga Marley is situated some 620 miles north-east of Perth. The Maninga Marley Gold Mine, from which the place takes its name, was found by prospectors Ernest Alfred Arundel and Matthew Dwyer. The claim was registered by Arundel. In 1906 the lease was held in four names, Arundel, Matthew and […]
Lina FURIA – people profile
02/11/2017 By 2 Comments
Lina Furia (1891 – 1970) Born 4 November 1891 – Grosotto, Tirano, Valtellina Died 1970 Coolgardie, Western Australia – buried Boulder Cemetery. Occupation – Hotel owner Alternative Names – Osmetti, Lina – Robustellini, Lina Summary Lina Furia owned and ran the Cornwall Hotel in Boulder with her husband Charlie Furia and her son […]
