Anna was born near Lake Michigan, near the Canadian border with America, in 1890. Luigi Mioni had migrated from Italy five years before, at the age of 15. Anna and Luigi were married in the backwoods where her husband worked in the iron mines. Luigi was 23, and by the Read more
Jackie Rudd was five and a half years old when he disappeared down the Jeetho Mine shaft in 1916. He was the son of J. Rudd. The white fence marks the spot today behind the Coal Creek Motel in Korumburra. Jack Rudd’s uncle Arthur was working in the vicinity at Read more
by Linda Fisher Allot 16 Sec 6 Parish of Korumburra, County of Buln Buln. Original Crown Grant Vol 2058 Fol 521. Purchased by Jesse Thomas Huntingford of Church St, Richmond on 20th of March 1888, for 70 pounds. On the 20th of November 1902 Thomas Foristal of Korumburra, an engine Read more
A wander in Commercial Street may well bring you to 69 Commercial Street, where you will find the Hare and Tortoise Bookshop. Quite a treasure trove it is. by Janet Wilson Above the verandah, and visible from across the street, as you look towards the shop you will see the Read more