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There is an unwritten law that must be followed when writing about colonial Western Australian history:— It is known as Nairn Clark’s law, and historians ignore it at their peril.
Although most of these stories relate in some way to some family member or another, those tales that might have a slightly more wider appeal to an audience other than me goes here.
There is an unwritten law that must be followed when writing about colonial Western Australian history:— It is known as Nairn Clark’s law, and historians ignore it at their peril.
A guide to the diorama of central Perth before 1880 on display in the Museum of Perth
There was nothing particularly unusual about the citizens of Perth suing each other in the civil courts during the 19th Century. It was more out of the ordinary not to be embroiled in some sort of legal action at any given moment. On Tuesday, 9 May 1854, it was publican and horse breeder George Haysom’s turn to appear before the Commissioner of court as a defendant.
Convict James Dyson was assigned to work for the Van Diemen’s Land Establishment for all of four days between 2 and 5 October 1837. What happened next will not surprise you in the slightest.
Transcription of the the minute books of the Perth City Council between 1858-1875
Wherein, I solve a mystery no-one had ever considered had been a mystery before and correct the historical record on […]
The story of the original United Service Hotel & Tavern Perth Allotment L3 in the town of Perth, in the […]