Sunday Times: 22 December 1907 OLD “Boney Brim” and his old mate Jolly, walked deliberately into the bar of The Miners’ Arms, at Cue, and each drank a pint of beer. The contract for sinking the main shaft of the Old Warden mine another hundred feet had just been let, and the two mates had […]
The Passing of Jones by Bungarra
20/08/2022 By Leave a Comment
Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler – 23 December 1898, page 6 THE PASSING OF JONES by Bungarra Jones was a friend of mine!! In all fairness, I must state, however, that the connection was not of my own seeking. Like poverty, subpoenas, and subscription lists, it was thrust upon me. The first […]
Murder or Suicide – that is the question.
30/07/2022 By Leave a Comment
While conducting extensive research into those buried who are buried in the Cue Cemeteries, John Pritchard came across this unusual story about the death of a man who was among the earliest burials in the most unusual circumstances. BURDETT Robert Ambrose — 43 yrs, d 26 Mar 1894, in Cue WA, he was born in […]
The Crown for the Queen of the Murchison
16/07/2022 By Leave a Comment
Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler – 26 March 1897 Parer’s Crown Hotel, Cue, is one of the most popular resorts for visitors and residents of the town at which to make their home while on the fields. The name of Parer Bros is well known to everyone who has ever been in […]
George Mountjoy – twice lost
30/04/2022 By Leave a Comment
MOUNTJOY George, 36 yrs, Buried in the Cue cemetery on Dec 1895, location not specified. He was born in Cheltenham England. He was reported missing by a friend who last saw him leaving his camp near Cue in the Murchison of Western Australia to go to his workplace a short distance away, he was […]
