Pioneering Pilbara Prospector. Memoir of Bill Newman. Jennifer Hughes.
ISBN 978-1-875778-48-5, (New, 2024), A4, French flaps, Heavily illustrated, 192pages, 550 grams, $60.00*
Bill Newman spent half of his life in West Australia’s Pilbara region, firstly with a shearing team and then prospecting for gold, tin, tantalite and iron ore, largely for his cousin Lang Hancock.
After six years in the RAAF during the Second World War, Bill established a small farm at Kojonup while bringing up a young family, using his prospecting work to finance the farm development.
This is an account of one man’s remarkable and hardy life as told by him through an extensive letter and diary collection.