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  • Moving to Substack

    2023 is the year I follow my intuition. Initially, this started with regard to stories. When I came across a little-known Sydney story, I decided to follow it. As I researched, the familiar feeling of anticipation washed over me. It was a story I had to write. I decided The…

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  • Morawa Explosion

    Morawa Explosion

    Anticipating the arrival of a farmer to pay them for their clearing job, a group of Italian men camped in the shelter shed adjoining the…

  • A Cue Tragedy

    A Cue Tragedy

    At 9 pm on 23 May 1899, the sound of the bell ringing alarmed the people of Cue. Smoke billowing north-west of the town confirmed…

  • Cue’s Decorated Bicycle Competition

    Cue’s Decorated Bicycle Competition

    But, as if to make up for the loss of the gum, nature has carpeted the Murchison with wild flowers. The sand in spring time…

  • Fowler versus Pollitt

    Fowler versus Pollitt

    When Tom Fowler (a well-known athlete of the Kalgoorlie and Day Dawn goldfields) heard about Geraldton’s champion athlete, James Pollitt, he decided to issue a…

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Bring down the box, open the tin, and rifle through the contents. Join me as we sweep away the cobwebs, blow away the dust, and uncover the stories of the past.

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