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
... John ( later Sir John ) Kirwan , who was to be President of the Legislative Council of Western Australia . Mr Hannan , who has for some time made Menzies his headquarters , paid a return visit a few days ago to the town which formerly ...
... John ( later Sir John ) Kirwan , who was to be President of the Legislative Council of Western Australia . Mr Hannan , who has for some time made Menzies his headquarters , paid a return visit a few days ago to the town which formerly ...
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... John Kirwan , had a profound and continuing influence . Vosper , who became member for north - east Cool- gardie in the Legislative Assembly , died in 1900 , still a young man . His career was brief but vivid , and he marked Cool ...
... John Kirwan , had a profound and continuing influence . Vosper , who became member for north - east Cool- gardie in the Legislative Assembly , died in 1900 , still a young man . His career was brief but vivid , and he marked Cool ...
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... John Kirwan , in The Kalgoorlie Miner , echoed public opinion when he strongly advocated the separation of the Eastern Goldfields from the colony of Western Australia to form a new State , which would then become part of the new ...
... John Kirwan , in The Kalgoorlie Miner , echoed public opinion when he strongly advocated the separation of the Eastern Goldfields from the colony of Western Australia to form a new State , which would then become part of the new ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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