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 168
... boys had a fine and adven- turous boyhood because of the general atmosphere of the place . Life closed in on them soon enough , and didn't always come up to expectations , but Kalgoorlie has since offered as good a place as any other to ...
... boys had a fine and adven- turous boyhood because of the general atmosphere of the place . Life closed in on them soon enough , and didn't always come up to expectations , but Kalgoorlie has since offered as good a place as any other to ...
Page 172
... boys with billy - goat carts . The goats often obstinately refused to enter into the spirit of the thing , and jibbed and backed and pranced about , but the young owners had just as good a time as anyone else . The marching music was ...
... boys with billy - goat carts . The goats often obstinately refused to enter into the spirit of the thing , and jibbed and backed and pranced about , but the young owners had just as good a time as anyone else . The marching music was ...
Page 173
... boys . Flaming Youth and the Roaring Twenties were not for Kalgoorlie , where poverty and a heavy pall of Victorianism hung over many middle - class homes . There were a few jobs as shop assistants for some of the daughters , but the ...
... boys . Flaming Youth and the Roaring Twenties were not for Kalgoorlie , where poverty and a heavy pall of Victorianism hung over many middle - class homes . There were a few jobs as shop assistants for some of the daughters , but the ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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