Glint of Gold: A Story of the Goldfields of Western Australia and the Men who Found Them, Especially the Prospectors and One Prospector Known to His Mates as DioriteStories from the history of Western Australia's goldfields. Includes references to interactions between Aboriginal people and prospectors. Story of "Beeleechee, the White Native" pp. 236-239. |
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