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Black Jack Anderson – Origins

Digging deeper – where was Black Jack Anderson from? Robert Gamble’s Statement about the death and burial of Black Jack Anderson In 2018,...

The East West Telegraph Line

This article originally appeared in the Esperance Tide, our lovely local magazine. Just a note that space did not permit me to include de...

Esperance's Pink Lake

Here is another 5 Minute History written for the Esperance Tide. It was fascinating to research! Hope you enjoy this little history of Pi...

Tommy Windich

Tommy Windich (Back row, second from left) with one of the Forrests’ exploring parties. This article was originally written for the Esper...

Henry Dimer

One of my favourite local history stories, this is the story of Henry Dimer. This article originally appeared in the Esperance Tide. In J...

Skylab

This is an article I wrote for the Esperance Tide, our lovely little local publication. In July 1979, Esperance was swept up in a world-w...

The Sinclair Family

This is an article that I wrote for the Esperance Tide, our lovely little local publication. One of my favourite local history stories! F...

The Brooks Family

This article was written for the Esperance Tide, a lovely local publication that I’ve been writing the ‘5 Minute History’ column for. I t...

Black Jack Anderson

One of our claims to fame here in Esperance is that we once had a pirate, Black Jack Anderson, who lived on an Island off our coast. Whil...

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Karli Florisson

Writer, book lover, history nerd