I was recently sent the following story and photographs from the family history of Michael WALTON, many thanks for sharing with us Michael. George William Crawford was born on 3 July 1894 in Wallsend New South Wales. His father was a coal miner, who moved the family to Outtrim in Victoria when George was about […]
The Wallal Ghost –
18/05/2024 By 1 Comment
Wallal means “sweet water”, a source of fresh water. It is located next to Eighty Mile Beach on the lands of the Nyangumarta people of Western Australia’s Kimberley region — looking out to the Indian Ocean and upwards to the starry skies of the southern hemisphere. At the beginning of the 20th century, it had […]
A Massacre at Laverton –
11/05/2024 By 5 Comments
Western Mail 29 October 1910, page 30 A NATIVE MASSACRE AT LAVERTON A pathetic interest is attached to the following portraits of baby Sunday, aged three months and a half-cast girl Kitty, aged 10 years, in connection with a recent Laverton massacre. The raiders, who were gathered from the surrounding districts of Kalgoorlie, Kookynie. and […]
Reinsman of the Roads – Fred Crews
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Sunday Times 23 August 1936, page 20 Drove Coach For Cobb & Co Thousands of Miles Through the Outback by Coach F. A. CREWS LOOKS BACK ON PIONEERING DAYS – A link with coaching days of sixty years ago is provided by Mr Frederick Albert Crews, of Outram Street, West Perth, who has crowded varied […]
Blood Red Days in the Golden West
11/05/2024 By 2 Comments
The Truth – Qld -10 January 1926, page 12 Like every other gold rush in history, the outbreak of yellow-gold fever in Western Australia attracted many of the best, and a number of the worst, humans from far and wide. But it was not until the terrible hardships of the pioneers were known to have […]
