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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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  • Spaldo & the Eastern Road Beer Thief

    Spaldo & the Eastern Road Beer Thief

    Henry Arthur Spalding (known as Spaldo) was born in Birmingham in England in 1850. In 1877, at the age of 26, he boarded the ship…

  • A Difficult Journey Through the Murchison

    A Difficult Journey Through the Murchison

    Travelling in a 1913 Buick from Byro Station to Perth, Mr D’Arcy and Mr Nicholls found themselves in various predicaments in 1917. When they left,…

  • The Phantom Buggy

    The Phantom Buggy

    Sergeant Hobson of the Western Australia Police Force started his shift at five in March 1917. As he rode his bicycle along Beaufort Street, the…

  • How the Lighthouse Got its Stripes

    How the Lighthouse Got its Stripes

    The ‘Zephyr’ returned to Champion Bay in November 1870. They arrived in the evening, and without any light to guide their way, Captain Setten had…

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