Moonta Mines Stories
Elizabeth Woolcock
The only female to be hanged in South Australia at the Adelaide Gaol.
Kate Cocks
In 1915, Kate Cocks and Annie Ross were sworn in as South Australia’s first Women Police.
The Great Oggie Hunt
The story of the iconic Cornish Pasty.
Pickey Boys
The job of the pickey boys was to sort the ore when it was brought to the surface.
The Cornish ‘Piskey’
The Cornish Piskey was a figment of the imagination of the superstitious.
The Box Mangle
Box mangles were lent to the widow whose husbands had been killed while working for the Company.
