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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... tank , and all the chaff they could carry . They arrived on Coolgardie in October , having pur- chased two camels on ... tanks managed to stay on . The Browne - Lyon party was allowed to remain through that first summer , their camels ...
... tank , and all the chaff they could carry . They arrived on Coolgardie in October , having pur- chased two camels on ... tanks managed to stay on . The Browne - Lyon party was allowed to remain through that first summer , their camels ...
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... tanks on the track from Southern Cross had been maintained and enlarged , and caretakers had been placed at the main staging- points to see that the wagoners and Afghan camel men did not let their animals pollute the water . At various ...
... tanks on the track from Southern Cross had been maintained and enlarged , and caretakers had been placed at the main staging- points to see that the wagoners and Afghan camel men did not let their animals pollute the water . At various ...
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... tanks , and flues were arranged so that heated air circulated around the tanks and returned to a chimney alongside the fireplace . The tanks were coupled below with iron pipes , becoming a com- mon boiler . Above , tubes led from them ...
... tanks , and flues were arranged so that heated air circulated around the tanks and returned to a chimney alongside the fireplace . The tanks were coupled below with iron pipes , becoming a com- mon boiler . Above , tubes led from them ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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