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 151
... police headquarters . Walsh and Pitman were well known and well liked on the goldfields . Many years before , John Walsh had helped in the arrest of Deeming , the wife - murderer , in Southern Cross . As a trooper on Coolgardie in July ...
... police headquarters . Walsh and Pitman were well known and well liked on the goldfields . Many years before , John Walsh had helped in the arrest of Deeming , the wife - murderer , in Southern Cross . As a trooper on Coolgardie in July ...
Page 152
... police search centred on the Cornwall Hotel , a known " dropping off " place for stolen ore . When three men were arrested , one named Clarke , who had not been present at the murder but had helped to dispose of the bodies , turned ...
... police search centred on the Cornwall Hotel , a known " dropping off " place for stolen ore . When three men were arrested , one named Clarke , who had not been present at the murder but had helped to dispose of the bodies , turned ...
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... police chief in Kalgoorlie . The error made by the authorities was in recruiting in Perth a trainload of “ special police " and sending them to Kalgoorlie to restore order . This could easily have led to civil war . Ever since ...
... police chief in Kalgoorlie . The error made by the authorities was in recruiting in Perth a trainload of “ special police " and sending them to Kalgoorlie to restore order . This could easily have led to civil war . Ever since ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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