There are a few differing accounts of why 11-year-old William Glasson ended up drowned in the Cobar Gold Mines reservoir in the last days of 1905. One report says that he was with some other children bathing in the 15ft deep reservoir when they saw a man coming round the side of the reservoir, andContinue reading “What is the real story?”
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Drowned learning to swim
The evening of February 18, 1909, a number of women and children went to one of the Great Cobar mine tanks to “bathe’’, something they enjoyed regularly. Cobar, in mid central New South Wales, was a stronghold of copper and gold mines, starting from the 1870s. By 1909, the hot, dry town had hit itsContinue reading “Drowned learning to swim”
A holiday tragedy
Australia Day, in 1917 known as Anniversary Day, was a great Friday in Wrightville, a small mining town near Cobar in mid central New South Wales. People had gathered for the festivities, which included a swimming carnival in the mine tank. Lucy (Lulu) Ted and Thelma Knight, aged 9, 8, and 6 were brought toContinue reading “A holiday tragedy”
Way to go Australia 