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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... ment . ” Their immediate need was to open up the interior for farming and for pastoral use , and a typical expedition was that which set out in 1863 under H. M. Lefroy , Superintendent of Convicts . At the request of the York ...
... ment . ” Their immediate need was to open up the interior for farming and for pastoral use , and a typical expedition was that which set out in 1863 under H. M. Lefroy , Superintendent of Convicts . At the request of the York ...
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... ment in 1900 . By June 1898 , at the end of the first five years of its exist- ence , Kalgoorlie had yielded about 500,000 ounces of gold , at an average 2 oz 9 dwt to the ton . Coolgardie's aggregate production was approximately ...
... ment in 1900 . By June 1898 , at the end of the first five years of its exist- ence , Kalgoorlie had yielded about 500,000 ounces of gold , at an average 2 oz 9 dwt to the ton . Coolgardie's aggregate production was approximately ...
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... ment of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie . A fearful typhoid epidemic had killed hundreds on Coolgardie when , during drought , some of the miners had begun drinking from stagnant Cool- gardie Gorge . Kanowna had first been called " The White ...
... ment of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie . A fearful typhoid epidemic had killed hundreds on Coolgardie when , during drought , some of the miners had begun drinking from stagnant Cool- gardie Gorge . Kanowna had first been called " The White ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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