This is a true story of the Moran family, who worked a pastoral lease at Mangowine to the north of Merredin in the early years. In those days the closest hospital and doctor was at Southern Cross, and in 1905 James Moran was admitted to the hospital suffering from two broken legs. One leg had […]
The Lake Eva Oil Hoax-
12/03/2018 By Leave a Comment
In May of 1923, Robert ROTHKEHL and Ernest Thompson claimed that they had struck oil at Mt Eva near Southern Cross in Prospecting area 1135. A Company was floated and shares sold. Western Mail – Perth 13 December 1923, page 26 THE OIL “BUBBLE” BURSTS. Tho discovery of oil in Lake Eva (near Southern Cross) […]
Patrick Murphy – Ganger, Prospector and Bushman
22/11/2017 By 3 Comments
One of the volunteers who assist me with researching the people on the Miners Memorial, Eric Chamberlain, came across the following story which I thought would be of interest. Patrick Murphy was a well know bushman and prospector in his own right, but it was his parents who first interested me in his story. His […]
The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller – book review
03/04/2017 By Leave a Comment
A ‘Ripping Yarn’ indeed. Miller was born Jessie Maude Beveridge in Southern Cross, Western Australia, in 1901 and educated in Victoria and New Zealand. You may remember a TV series back in the ’80s: The Lancaster Miller Affair. An Australian’s true story of adventure, danger, romance and murder:- The remarkable true story of a […]
CASSERLY- The Death of a Hero
11/03/2017 By 1 Comment
On the 6th October 1938, at the Edwards Find Gold Mine near Southern Cross, an elderly miner called Frank Pagoda was overcome by dynamite fumes. His mate, Paul Casserly, made several attempts to rescue him, sustaining a fracture of the skull in his attempts which eventually claimed his life on the 12th October 1938. He […]
