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 51
... TOthersiders " on the fields , and the fact that people had come to stay , for the miners had sent for their wives and families . It seems that the toll of life was heavy . By 1899 a cemetery , opened in late 1894 , had 1,100 graves ...
... TOthersiders " on the fields , and the fact that people had come to stay , for the miners had sent for their wives and families . It seems that the toll of life was heavy . By 1899 a cemetery , opened in late 1894 , had 1,100 graves ...
Page 109
... T'Othersiders made uncom- plimentary references to the " Six Hungry Families " -Forrests , Burts , Lefroys , Lee Steeres , and others , who were reputed to control the colony and its pocket - borough parliament . In the Legislative ...
... T'Othersiders made uncom- plimentary references to the " Six Hungry Families " -Forrests , Burts , Lefroys , Lee Steeres , and others , who were reputed to control the colony and its pocket - borough parliament . In the Legislative ...
Page 110
... TOthersiders and Sandgropers , other factors contributed towards the keen political interest among the goldfields communities . Males outnumbered females there by two to one even as late as 1901. Home life in the early days was an ...
... TOthersiders and Sandgropers , other factors contributed towards the keen political interest among the goldfields communities . Males outnumbered females there by two to one even as late as 1901. Home life in the early days was an ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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