Biography

Alias Albert Edwards. In 1905, the West Australian reported: "A prospector, named Albert Medland, who had been staying in Kalgoorlie for the past few weeks, has been reported to the police as missing. Medland occupied a room at the Royal Hotel, and last Sunday night he visited friends at a house in Dugan-street. He left there to return to the hotel, but did not reach his destination and he has neither been seen or heard of since." Then, in June, 1907, the following item appeared in the Coolgardie Miner: "Claud Burke (14) and Albert Edward Medland alias Albert Edwards (aged 36) are advertised in the "Government Gazette" as missing friends." Medland had lived in Queensland for 36 years before arriving in Western Australia.