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 31
... track of 1874. They picked up Ernest Giles ' track of 1876 at Alexander Spring , skirted the Alfred and Marie Range in the Gibson Desert , passed the 31.
... track of 1874. They picked up Ernest Giles ' track of 1876 at Alexander Spring , skirted the Alfred and Marie Range in the Gibson Desert , passed the 31.
Page 37
... Track , for Bayley remembered Gilles McPherson's story , " Plenty of gold between Gnarlbine Soak and Mt Burges . " Near Mt Burges they picked up the tracks left by Withers some years before . Then eight miles south of Mt Burges they ...
... Track , for Bayley remembered Gilles McPherson's story , " Plenty of gold between Gnarlbine Soak and Mt Burges . " Near Mt Burges they picked up the tracks left by Withers some years before . Then eight miles south of Mt Burges they ...
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... Track ? " “ Here and there , probably . The old road followed the bigger rock - catchments . The railway straightened the track and cut out some of the soaks like Gnarlbine , " Harry said . He was returning from holidays to the G.M.K. ...
... Track ? " “ Here and there , probably . The old road followed the bigger rock - catchments . The railway straightened the track and cut out some of the soaks like Gnarlbine , " Harry said . He was returning from holidays to the G.M.K. ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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