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 47
... crowds roared at brilliant spectacles under artificial lighting of a quality not found in many places in those days . The politicians of the day had to be a fiery lot , not merely because goldfields crowds would come along and listen ...
... crowds roared at brilliant spectacles under artificial lighting of a quality not found in many places in those days . The politicians of the day had to be a fiery lot , not merely because goldfields crowds would come along and listen ...
Page 103
... crowd had assembled at the Kal- goorlie railway station by the time the two men arrived under escort to be taken to the coast , and there was talk of rescue . But Bray and Hughes , leaders of the alluvialists , persuaded the miners to ...
... crowd had assembled at the Kal- goorlie railway station by the time the two men arrived under escort to be taken to the coast , and there was talk of rescue . But Bray and Hughes , leaders of the alluvialists , persuaded the miners to ...
Page 105
... crowd of angry men to the lock - up , which was surrounded by armed police . That rioting did not flare up was due ... crowds to await the processes of law . Afraid that an attempt might still be made to release the miners by force , the ...
... crowd of angry men to the lock - up , which was surrounded by armed police . That rioting did not flare up was due ... crowds to await the processes of law . Afraid that an attempt might still be made to release the miners by force , the ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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