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 12
... Kalgoorlie and Boulder more than 20,000 people live within a three - mile radius of the Kalgoorlie Town Hall , and virtually all of them depend directly or indirectly on the mines . Each fortnight the mines pay out £ 130,000 in wages ...
... Kalgoorlie and Boulder more than 20,000 people live within a three - mile radius of the Kalgoorlie Town Hall , and virtually all of them depend directly or indirectly on the mines . Each fortnight the mines pay out £ 130,000 in wages ...
Page 85
... Kalgoorlie , but Boulder City has still retained something of its old pride and individuality . Though growing up in ... Kalgoorlie , " or " Oh , yes , he's a Boulder boy . " Somehow the small difference reflects the pride that Boulder ...
... Kalgoorlie , but Boulder City has still retained something of its old pride and individuality . Though growing up in ... Kalgoorlie , " or " Oh , yes , he's a Boulder boy . " Somehow the small difference reflects the pride that Boulder ...
Page 223
... Kalgoorlie and Boulder schools after the Christmas holidays . About that time , too , an irate householder , troubled by dogs , took affairs into her own hands . With a " lure " on a leash she marched through the streets with the pack ...
... Kalgoorlie and Boulder schools after the Christmas holidays . About that time , too , an irate householder , troubled by dogs , took affairs into her own hands . With a " lure " on a leash she marched through the streets with the pack ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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