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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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  • The Rottnest Monster

    The Rottnest Monster

    While on holiday at Rottnest, Lewis Timperley stumbled across a strange object washed up south of the channel, two miles from the settlement. The barrel-shaped…

  • Isabella Duncan’s Memories

    Isabella Duncan’s Memories

    On 27 May 1933, Isabella Duncan turned 90. From family and friends in the state, she received messages of congratulations. Born in the north of…

  • Northam’s Bushmen’s Home

    Northam’s Bushmen’s Home

    At the same time as the organisers of Geraldton’s Bushmen’s Club struggled to establish it, Northam’s Temperance Hall and Bushmen’s Home went from strength to…

  • The Bushmen’s Club That Never Was

    The Bushmen’s Club That Never Was

    On 26 January 1876, The Inquirer and Commercial News reported that “Measures are being taken for establishing a Bushmen’s Home at Champion Bay…” According to…

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