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
... 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 , and from the big four - the Lake View & Star ...
... 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 , and from the big four - the Lake View & Star ...
Page 13
... live . Lack of a coat of paint will not bring on swift decay under melting snows , and it is one of the easiest places in the world in which to put off painting until next year . If the fence wobbles a bit , those who live next door are ...
... live . Lack of a coat of paint will not bring on swift decay under melting snows , and it is one of the easiest places in the world in which to put off painting until next year . If the fence wobbles a bit , those who live next door are ...
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... live in than Kalgoorlie . Now and again a “ Cock - eyed Bob " off course from up Broome way cut a swathe through the town and left some unfortunate woman in her bath with one wall of the bathroom blown out . Or a willy - willy lifted ...
... live in than Kalgoorlie . Now and again a “ Cock - eyed Bob " off course from up Broome way cut a swathe through the town and left some unfortunate woman in her bath with one wall of the bathroom blown out . Or a willy - willy lifted ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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