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Page 14
... boy or something , but the effects of our lusty schooldays in that open - air town never quite wore off . Even ... boys with the Cornish at Moonta under Cap'n Hancock . Or , as kids of twelve , they had led whip- horses on the ...
... boy or something , but the effects of our lusty schooldays in that open - air town never quite wore off . Even ... boys with the Cornish at Moonta under Cap'n Hancock . Or , as kids of twelve , they had led whip- horses on the ...
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... boys would be boys and they'd win next year . . . . ... Kalgoorlie people were magnificently honest and trustworthy in almost all the affairs of life , but they had a blind spot where the ownership of the gold they mined was concerned ...
... boys would be boys and they'd win next year . . . . ... Kalgoorlie people were magnificently honest and trustworthy in almost all the affairs of life , but they had a blind spot where the ownership of the gold they mined was concerned ...
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... boys had a fine and adventurous boyhood because of the general atmosphere of the place . Life closed in on them soon enough , and didn't always come up to expectations , but Kalgoorlie has since offered as good a place as any other to ...
... boys had a fine and adventurous boyhood because of the general atmosphere of the place . Life closed in on them soon enough , and didn't always come up to expectations , but Kalgoorlie has since offered as good a place as any other to ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
Copyright | |
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