The details of the shooting of two Afghans by R.B. Knowles in 1894 near Balladonia, for defiling a waterhole, are brought together for the first time. The incident is now part of Australian ...
The tale of Polly, drawn to the delights of civilisation and of the advantage of feminine wiles when devouring a damper. Also of Jacky who had to work for his. And ultimately, Jimmy, who pai...
Jingemia, place of the jinghis, at Watheroo, is a large collapse doline in the Noondine Chert. The cave was mined for guano over a century ago. It is now a National Park. This booklet covers...
In 1894 John Dunn discovered the Wealth of Nations Gold Mine at Dunnsville, NE of Coolgardie.
Stuart was jailed in Qld during the 1890 shearers strike. In WA, he was a fighter for the rights of workers and became an MP. His fame is for his brilliant poetry and other writings on the g...
Descriptions of the trolley use on the Port Hedland – Marble Bar railway in the 1930s.
As the title explains, a chase for killers by Sergeant Frederick Growden, whose biographical outline is included.
Doug Moore died at 83 at Roelands. He spent many decades in the Kimberley and his reminiscences were drawn upon by Mary Durack for the "Sons in the Saddle."
When Krakatoa lifted off, WA rang like a bell and many strange seismic activities were recorded. Pseudobitumen from desert caves has intrigued investigators for over 150 years.
There is little more heart-breaking for parents than to lose a child, especially one of tender years, in whom love and dreams for the future were the warp and weft of a precious tapestry.