Take a road-trip into our local history As is the case with haunted houses and seances, the mere mention of a ghost town is often enough to pique the interest of even the most cynical amongst us. While the term doesn’t necessarily imply that a specific place is haunted (although […]
History
1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash
On 26 June 1950, a Douglas DC-4 Skymaster aircraft departed from Perth, Western Australia for an eight-hour flight to Adelaide, South Australia. It crashed 22 minutes after take-off, 35 miles (56 km) East from Perth Airport. All 29 occupants were killed in the accident; one initially survived, but died six days later. It was the worst civil aviation […]
The Prince and the Diggers Daughter-
By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment Copied & Edited by George W Rehder Nambucca and Bellinger News 6 May 1932, page 5 A TALE OF THE GOLDFIELDSwritten by JAMES GRAYSON for the “Nambucca News” When gold is calling, however tortuous the road, civilised men all the world over (and some women, too) […]
1932 Kimberley rescue
The loss of the Seaplane Atlantis Hans Bertram and Adolf Klausmann were flying the Junkers W33 seaplane Atlantis from Cologne, Germany on a goodwill mission to Australia for the aircraft maker, Junkers, when they ran into a severe storm between Timor and Darwin. Flying during the night of May 15, […]
Second Fleet to Australia, 1790
A second fleet of six ships left England – Guardian, Justinian, Lady Juliana, Surprize, Neptune, Scarborough. The Guardian struck ice, and was unable to complete the voyage. She was stocked with provisions. Only 48 people died in the first group of ships, but this time 278 died during the voyage. […]
The first European migration to Australia was the First Fleet consisted of eleven ships:
two men-o-war ships: HMS Sirius, Naval Flagship; HMS Supply, Naval Tender; three store ships: Golden Grove; Borrowdale; Fishburn; six convict ships: Scarborough; Lady Penrhyn; Prince of Wales; Alexander; Charlotte; Friendship; Some Non-Convict First Fleeters and the positions held by them Augustus Alt, Surveyor [1] Thomas Arndell, Assistant Surgeon [2] Henry Lidgbird Ball, […]
Belgravia voyage to Western Australia, Australia in 1866 with 277 passengers
Convict Description Convicted At William John Agnew William John Agnew, one of 277 convicts transported on the Belgravia, 04 April 1866 Scotland. Edinburgh High Court of Justiciary Edinburgh Charles Allen Charles Allen, one of 277 convicts transported on the Belgravia, 04 April 1866 Yorkshire. General Quarter Sessions Leeds George Andrews […]
460 convict ships sailed to Australia
Of these only 41 came to Western Australia Adelaide Adelaide Voyages to Australia The ‘ADELAIDE’ was built 1832 in Calcutta. Wood ship of 640 Tons. 1849 voyage: Departed London 17 Aug 1849. The convicted persons were then known as ‘Exiles’ because they had served part of their sentence in England […]