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 81
... railway station , and later the laying of the tramline to the Boulder Block , made Burt Street the main centre . The railway , which had reached Kalgoorlie in 1896 , was extended to Boulder in 1897. Soon , more passengers were being ...
... railway station , and later the laying of the tramline to the Boulder Block , made Burt Street the main centre . The railway , which had reached Kalgoorlie in 1896 , was extended to Boulder in 1897. Soon , more passengers were being ...
Page 112
... railway , Esperance will become one of our busiest ports , as the trade of the goldfields will pass through it . Get in early and make a fortune before the great rush sets in . Price £ 20 a block . But it was not until nearly thirty ...
... railway , Esperance will become one of our busiest ports , as the trade of the goldfields will pass through it . Get in early and make a fortune before the great rush sets in . Price £ 20 a block . But it was not until nearly thirty ...
Page 229
... railway was opened - until the end of the nineteen - twenties and the coming of the Overland Whippet and the Lady Lizzie and the Chevrolet Six - the Old Coolgardie Road was just as exciting to venture down on the way to Southern Cross ...
... railway was opened - until the end of the nineteen - twenties and the coming of the Overland Whippet and the Lady Lizzie and the Chevrolet Six - the Old Coolgardie Road was just as exciting to venture down on the way to Southern Cross ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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