Young Dorothea ‘Dorothy’ Ruby Olive Wraight, was born in Coolgardie WA on the 30th November 1902. She was the daughter of George Thompson Wraight and Ira Elizabeth nee Risden. George was from Aberdeen in Scotland and Ira was from Stawell in Victoria. George and Ira married in Jul of 1902 in Kunanalling (near Coolgardie) WA. […]
Ode to the Nurses by Smiler Hales
29/05/2021 By Leave a Comment
Coolgardie Miner – 9 June 1898, page 4 The wretched typhoid microbe Is feasting in my chest; I’m doomed beyond redemption, By the cursed goldfields pest. It’s ‘elp me, nurse, ‘nd soothe me, nurse, Put ice upon me ‘ead; Take a message to me mother, nurse, As soon as I am dead. I’ve broke me […]
The Box Soak Creek Rush
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Where is Box Creek you may ask? As I did myself back in 2000, (I can’t believe it was so long ago), when I received a letter from a lady in Queensland about a distant relative of hers called Ronald Donald McMillen who was supposed to be buried in the Box Soak Cemetery. I had […]
An Hotel by any other name
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In last week’s’ Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales,’ you may have read the story of the Hay family. While getting the story ready for the blog, which was sent to me by Nick Allan, I made a mistake in the name of one of the hotels his family ran. I got confused between the Club […]
Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 23rd May 2021
22/05/2021 By Leave a Comment
Hi Everyone, hope your week has been better than ours. Sadly one of our beloved dogs has been diagnosed with cancer of the jaw bone and it has thrown us all into shock and sadness. We have decided that we will not put her through the drastic surgery that was suggested but to just keep […]
