Bio: Edward Hales Taylor
[CONTENT WARNING: This biography features CLOWNS]
I’m sure this is all completely normal
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.
Four days with the Establishment
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.
Perth City Council Minutes 1858-1875
Transcription of the the minute books of the Perth City Council between 1858-1875
Locating the United Service Tavern
Wherein, I solve a mystery no-one had ever considered had been a mystery before and correct the historical record on […]
Rank Hypocrisy
The story of the original United Service Hotel & Tavern Perth Allotment L3 in the town of Perth, in the […]
Reconstructing old Perth out of cardboard (so it lasts, this time)
Or, what you do when you are single, don’t smoke, don’t like alcohol very much, and are stuck in a remote location on your own after working hours in the pre-COVID19 era….
Boom time.
During the early 1840s, Western Australia experienced its first modern economic boom. This both contributed to and was fed by […]