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Page 161
... Nugget was supposed to have been found , or of the hundreds who wanted to hang McCann in Coolgardie — but each of them had usually had some sort of particular adventure of their own somewhere , with its own particular triumph . And ...
... Nugget was supposed to have been found , or of the hundreds who wanted to hang McCann in Coolgardie — but each of them had usually had some sort of particular adventure of their own somewhere , with its own particular triumph . And ...
Page 168
... nuggets . And it seemed part of the pattern , too , when the Larcombes sold the great nugget , bought a pub on the Boulder road , and renamed it The Golden Eagle . The old men with their old stories half - heard and half - under- stood ...
... nuggets . And it seemed part of the pattern , too , when the Larcombes sold the great nugget , bought a pub on the Boulder road , and renamed it The Golden Eagle . The old men with their old stories half - heard and half - under- stood ...
Page 194
... Nugget . In July 1898 rumours swept the town that a large , sickle - shaped nugget , weighing a hundred pounds , had been discovered . It had been seen by Father Long , a young , newly arrived priest , but the Father had given his word ...
... Nugget . In July 1898 rumours swept the town that a large , sickle - shaped nugget , weighing a hundred pounds , had been discovered . It had been seen by Father Long , a young , newly arrived priest , but the Father had given his word ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
Copyright | |
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