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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... party had failed to peg any ground , and so protect themselves . Bayley and Ford then ordered Talbot's party off their ground . Talbot , Fosser , and Baker protested . In the argument that followed , Ford drew a revolver and threatened ...
... party had failed to peg any ground , and so protect themselves . Bayley and Ford then ordered Talbot's party off their ground . Talbot , Fosser , and Baker protested . In the argument that followed , Ford drew a revolver and threatened ...
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... party was united again . Perhaps nothing richer on the Coolgardie field came out of such a small patch . In a few weeks they dollied 10,000 ounces of gold from a hole five feet long and four feet deep . Coolgardie was spellbound by the ...
... party was united again . Perhaps nothing richer on the Coolgardie field came out of such a small patch . In a few weeks they dollied 10,000 ounces of gold from a hole five feet long and four feet deep . Coolgardie was spellbound by the ...
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... Party of Western Australia . The Kalgoorlie branch of the A.W.A. became the dominating influence in the Labor movement ; of the six original members of the State Parliamentary Labor Party , five were from gold- fields constituencies ...
... Party of Western Australia . The Kalgoorlie branch of the A.W.A. became the dominating influence in the Labor movement ; of the six original members of the State Parliamentary Labor Party , five were from gold- fields constituencies ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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