The Mile that Midas TouchedThe story of Kalgoorlie's golden mile - the richest few acres of gold-bearing country in the world - and of the rest of the Eastern goldfields in Western Australia. |
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Page 78
... Boulder strip of country . Horse cabs plied for hire between Kalgoorlie and the Boulder Block , the ter- minus of the road to the mines and close to the Great Boulder lease . The cab drivers attracted fares by shouting , " Right away to ...
... Boulder strip of country . Horse cabs plied for hire between Kalgoorlie and the Boulder Block , the ter- minus of the road to the mines and close to the Great Boulder lease . The cab drivers attracted fares by shouting , " Right away to ...
Page 81
... Boulder Central School that was to produce two Rhodes Scholars , Vernon and Cyril Murphy - that the new town be a ... Block , made Burt Street the main centre . The railway , which had reached Kalgoorlie in 1896 , was extended to Boulder ...
... Boulder Central School that was to produce two Rhodes Scholars , Vernon and Cyril Murphy - that the new town be a ... Block , made Burt Street the main centre . The railway , which had reached Kalgoorlie in 1896 , was extended to Boulder ...
Page 83
... Boulder Mines Band and the Amalgamated Miners ' Association Band and the Boulder City Band , but there were many ... Block there were at one time six more hotels , handy for men coming off shift . The Block was immortalized locally by ...
... Boulder Mines Band and the Amalgamated Miners ' Association Band and the Boulder City Band , but there were many ... Block there were at one time six more hotels , handy for men coming off shift . The Block was immortalized locally by ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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