The following family story and photographs were kindly supplied and reproduced with permission of the late Mrs Bernice Peters of Wembley, WA with thanks. Robert Groves Durston is the father of Bernice Peters. He was born in 1863 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England and sailed for New Zealand as a two year old with his parents, […]
Alec from Auckland Remembers –
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Western Mail 21 April 1938, page 11 OVER THE PLATES – Dolly Pot Conducted by Non-Com A water problem A Canine Burial The Siberia Rush Slugs from Kurnalpi Water was a serious problem in the Old Camp before the famous water scheme came to fruition. Washing of oneself or one’s clothes was looked upon with […]
Suicide, Cyanide and Scones –
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Murchison Advocate 27 February 1904, page 3 Suicide and Attempted Murder. A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR At Boulder this morning, Alexander Solomon, aged 40yrs, a notorious character and well known to the police, was arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a young fellow named Thomas Frank Rassmussen who was the proprietor of a Gold treatment […]
A Golden Wedding in a Goldfields Town
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The Sun, Kalgoorlie 8 March 1914, page 7 A GOLDEN WEDDING IN A GOLDFIELDS TOWN On Wednesday last Mr and Mrs Thomas Hickey of Burbanks celebrated their Golden Wedding at the village hall. Dancing was indulged in and the veteran joined in all the dances with the enthusiasm of a boy despite his seventy years. […]
Joseph Salinger – grave tales
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Joseph Salinger (Hebrew Name: Yosef ben Avraham Ya’akov) died at Nurse Egans Private Hospital on the 30th January 1907 aged 41 years. At the time of his death he was the licensee of the Boulder City Hotel in Piesse Street, Boulder and prior to this was the licensee of both the Denver City and the […]
