"Kangaroo Kate, a popular name throughout the early 20th century in the Australian bush. The first was Rosina Jones, a sly grogger of the goldfields who died in 1931 aged 54. However the text refers to the 'famous' Kangaroo Kate, Elizabeth or Elvira Gordon,
well known in the Hoffmans Mill-Nanga Brook- Dwellingup-Pinjarra area, prior to 1930. She was also known as Possum Kate." -- p. 1.David Wynford Carnegie's letter written at Hall's Creek [Kimberley Goldfield] to Sir John Forrest dated 1897 mentions the death of his companion Stanmore and describes some of his travels with camels in the desert . Some information about Moondyne Joe (Jo
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