The Honourable Dr. Carmen Lawrence Lawrence in 1990 25th Premier of Western Australia In office12 February 1990 – 16 February 1993 Monarch Elizabeth II Governor Francis Burt Deputy Ian Taylor Preceded by Peter Dowding Succeeded by Richard Court Minister for Health and Human Services In office25 March 1994 – 11 March 1996 […]
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Michael Jeffery
Copied, compiled & edited by George W Rehder Major General the Honourable Michael Jeffery AC, CVO, MC 24th Governor-General of Australia In office11 August 2003 – 5 September 2008 Monarch Elizabeth II Prime Minister John HowardKevin Rudd Preceded by Peter Hollingworth Succeeded by Dame Quentin Bryce 28th Governor of Western Australia In office1 November […]
Grace Bussell
Heroine of the Wreck of the Georgette In December 1876 the steamship Georgette, carrying 58 crew and passengers and a cargo of timber from Fremantle was making its way down the coast of Western Australia. The little ship had started to leak soon after leaving port, and when the pumps failed, the […]
Things that can happen to you in the Australian Outback!
by George W Rehder My Wife and I had gone shopping at Newman. For us it was the closes place to do our shopping as we were working at Jigalong Aboriginal Community. It had been raining continuously for weeks and all the Roads were closed to all traffic by the […]
My Day at Work in an Underground Gold-Mine .
This is something that I thought I would never do. But one day I arrived in Norseman with my partner Betty. I needed a job badly, we had just crossed the Nullarbor Plains, our car needed repair and we were running out of money. So I went to the Mine […]
Massive meteorite crater in Australia’s formed 100 MILLION years ago
Gold miners stumbled upon a massive meteorite crater in Western Australia’s Outback that was created some 100-million-years-ago. Using electromagnetic surveys, researchers were able to create images of the impact site, dubbed Ora Banda Crater, below the surface to determine it stretches three mile across. Shoot cones were recovered from the […]
Western Australia’s Most Fascinating Ghost Towns
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 […]
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) […]