These letters include marvellous descriptions of the Broome characters of old and of the vicissitudes of pearling. The exchanges between Mary Durack and Howe are revealing of the old Broome....
A fresh look at records of Aboriginal crime, shedding new light on colonial and modern incidents often suppressed by official narratives.
The story of Stephen Grace, head of APLA, murdered while on a prospecting expedition along the RPF.
A collection of 25 descriptions of voyages along the coast of Australia from the 1880s to the 1960s, covering the forgotten role of coastal shipping in supplying the North and keeping contac...
An essential companion to the Mines Department's district-ordered List of Cancelled GMLs, helping to locate a GML's locality with the alpha index.
Bangemall, a Gascoyne mining village, 290 km ENE of Carnarvon, near Mt Augustus, cut a swathe through WA history in the 1890s. Lonely graves, lost gold mines, death by thirst, suicide and na...
Shillington and his mates discovered Sandstone. An interesting writer who could have become an antipodean Bret Harte, but instead had the trams running on time.
In the goldrushes from the 1880s to the 1930s, prospectors travelled far and wide with bush made barrows. Their fortitude and fame are one of the finest examples of the tenacity of our pione...
A detailed listing and text of the discoveries from 1829 to Bayley and Ford. Essential reference for historians and prospectors. The culmination of decades of collecting data.
The definitive history of the rushes to Golden Valley and Southern Cross up to the discovery of Coolgardie. Biographies and photos of the main prospectors involved...