Stories of Kangaroo Kate, David Carnegie, and Moondyne Joe from the Dollypot, Greenhide, and Spindrift column.
From the 1830s to the 1890s many strange stories about whites amongst the blacks came in from the frontiers. Albinos, lost explorers or shipwreck survivors? This intriguing collection is fro...
A history of the discovery of the cave, early mining, and the industry that grew around it. Also an examination of the Wadgela myths of the sacred cave, which are less believable than those ...
Charnley was a prolific writer, primarily on Western Australian history, publishing "close to a million words" by 1951.
The biography of William Rudall and his expeditions, with much new information from family papers.
William White pegged the first gold claim in 1885 at Fraser Range.
Edward Payne, who had helped to discover the Yilgarn found gold at Wongan. The short-lived rush was stymied by the land alienation grants to the Midland Railway Company. Now over 130 years o...
The story of Constable Fletcher’s dangerous expedition into the Yampi Frontier to track down murderers, including his brave capture of a violent tribe despite battling illness.