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Page 178
... Coolgardie in the third year of the rush , iron stores and hessian shanties arose to refresh the travellers , and one South Australian baker counted twelve small bakeries selling loaves in bush clearings on 120 miles of road . The end ...
... Coolgardie in the third year of the rush , iron stores and hessian shanties arose to refresh the travellers , and one South Australian baker counted twelve small bakeries selling loaves in bush clearings on 120 miles of road . The end ...
Page 183
... Coolgardie and found Norseman , still rich in gold . Hannan's Kalgoorlie was a step- ping stone to I.O.U. and White Feather , names too romantic for the men in collars and ties , who renamed them Bulong and Kanowna . North of Coolgardie ...
... Coolgardie and found Norseman , still rich in gold . Hannan's Kalgoorlie was a step- ping stone to I.O.U. and White Feather , names too romantic for the men in collars and ties , who renamed them Bulong and Kanowna . North of Coolgardie ...
Page 185
... Coolgardie had its first wedding , sent away its first telegraph and elected as first mayor James Shaw , who had once been mayor of Adelaide . And when the stock exchange of Coolgardie opened in the following month with a banquet on ...
... Coolgardie had its first wedding , sent away its first telegraph and elected as first mayor James Shaw , who had once been mayor of Adelaide . And when the stock exchange of Coolgardie opened in the following month with a banquet on ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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