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 74
... Kalgoorlie , particularly under the management of Spencer Cook . " Cookie " and the Palace were almost synonymous ... Kalgoorlie and the surrounding country . The extension of the railway , late in 1896 , from Southern Cross to ...
... Kalgoorlie , particularly under the management of Spencer Cook . " Cookie " and the Palace were almost synonymous ... Kalgoorlie and the surrounding country . The extension of the railway , late in 1896 , from Southern Cross to ...
Page 90
... Kalgoorlie ; George Gray floated the Hannan's Central in London , and a Mr Thompson , representing " an English mining trust with £ 500,000 , " had taken up residence in Kalgoorlie . A month later the Lake View was reported to have been ...
... Kalgoorlie ; George Gray floated the Hannan's Central in London , and a Mr Thompson , representing " an English mining trust with £ 500,000 , " had taken up residence in Kalgoorlie . A month later the Lake View was reported to have been ...
Page 165
... Kalgoorlie as a thriving town . It was on the way downhill , and downhill the slope gets steeper . It had enjoyed a brief and glorious history - even then much longer than most other gold - rushed towns - but now the end really seemed ...
... Kalgoorlie as a thriving town . It was on the way downhill , and downhill the slope gets steeper . It had enjoyed a brief and glorious history - even then much longer than most other gold - rushed towns - but now the end really seemed ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
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