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 57
... Hannan and his two mates , Tom Flanagan and Dan Shea , were the first to make their camp and find the first gold in ... Street , that the first recorded interview with Paddy Hannan was made . It appeared in The Kalgoorlie Miner on 4 ...
... Hannan and his two mates , Tom Flanagan and Dan Shea , were the first to make their camp and find the first gold in ... Street , that the first recorded interview with Paddy Hannan was made . It appeared in The Kalgoorlie Miner on 4 ...
Page 190
... Hannan Street , some at that stage merely spectators , some after vengeance , and some after the grog in the hotel cellar . With its bells ringing and its engine roaring the town's main fire - engine scattered the crowd for a moment ...
... Hannan Street , some at that stage merely spectators , some after vengeance , and some after the grog in the hotel cellar . With its bells ringing and its engine roaring the town's main fire - engine scattered the crowd for a moment ...
Page 233
... Hannan's Find is not an inspiring one . undulating , sparsely wooded country that is scorched and dismal . Hannan's is a miniature Coolgardie . It has con- densers at its entrance , a three chain made road , a stock exchange , and a ...
... Hannan's Find is not an inspiring one . undulating , sparsely wooded country that is scorched and dismal . Hannan's is a miniature Coolgardie . It has con- densers at its entrance , a three chain made road , a stock exchange , and a ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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