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 191
Gavin Casey, Ted Mayman. They took over the tram , its crew seeing argument was use- less , and seldom can a tram so overloaded with drunks have made such a three - mile journey anywhere in the world . Its sides bulged , and men hung all ...
Gavin Casey, Ted Mayman. They took over the tram , its crew seeing argument was use- less , and seldom can a tram so overloaded with drunks have made such a three - mile journey anywhere in the world . Its sides bulged , and men hung all ...
Page 199
... trams had a great deal of waiting time , and they naturally spent it comfortably in the corner pub , having another " one for the road . " With a final check on their watches , they would dash out of the bar and into their tram with ...
... trams had a great deal of waiting time , and they naturally spent it comfortably in the corner pub , having another " one for the road . " With a final check on their watches , they would dash out of the bar and into their tram with ...
Page 201
... tram to Boulder and told him to stay out there until he sobered up . But this time there were several police- men at the Boulder terminus . As soon as Paddy got off the tram they put him back on for the return journey to Kal- goorlie ...
... tram to Boulder and told him to stay out there until he sobered up . But this time there were several police- men at the Boulder terminus . As soon as Paddy got off the tram they put him back on for the return journey to Kal- goorlie ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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