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 112
... Esperance line was resented in Kalgoorlie , particularly as railways were being put through in other parts of the State . For some years the Esperance Land Company of Melbourne ran a regular advertisement in The Bulletin : A sure ...
... Esperance line was resented in Kalgoorlie , particularly as railways were being put through in other parts of the State . For some years the Esperance Land Company of Melbourne ran a regular advertisement in The Bulletin : A sure ...
Page 114
... Esperance rail project was not on the estimates , and they were irritated by the slow progress of the Water Scheme . Then the new issue , in which all their irritations and grievances were concentrated , emerged . The Federation of the ...
... Esperance rail project was not on the estimates , and they were irritated by the slow progress of the Water Scheme . Then the new issue , in which all their irritations and grievances were concentrated , emerged . The Federation of the ...
Page 115
... Esperance - within the Commonwealth . Sir John Kirwan , in My Life's Adventure , wrote : Their desire , however , for separation from Western Aus- tralia was not so intense as their desire not to be separated from the rest of Australia ...
... Esperance - within the Commonwealth . Sir John Kirwan , in My Life's Adventure , wrote : Their desire , however , for separation from Western Aus- tralia was not so intense as their desire not to be separated from the rest of Australia ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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