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Page 64
... old camp : but Coolgardie could not yet cope with the demand on its water supplies . The government bore failed to keep the con- densers going and water at the Gnarlbine Rocks was almost exhausted . Exemptions were granted and an exodus ...
... old camp : but Coolgardie could not yet cope with the demand on its water supplies . The government bore failed to keep the con- densers going and water at the Gnarlbine Rocks was almost exhausted . Exemptions were granted and an exodus ...
Page 115
... Coolgardie . He was bombarded for news of ' the old camp ' and the London- derry rush . As he gave it , diggers glanced curiously at Sally , sitting on the front seat of the buggy , dumb and unhappy at being ignored . She was astounded ...
... Coolgardie . He was bombarded for news of ' the old camp ' and the London- derry rush . As he gave it , diggers glanced curiously at Sally , sitting on the front seat of the buggy , dumb and unhappy at being ignored . She was astounded ...
Page 132
... old felt to warm a man's brains in winter , and ward off a touch of the sun ... old camp . Thick scrub country . No water . One of Billy King's mates died on the ... Coolgardie road bein ' burnt down - just after the gold escort got away ...
... old felt to warm a man's brains in winter , and ward off a touch of the sun ... old camp . Thick scrub country . No water . One of Billy King's mates died on the ... Coolgardie road bein ' burnt down - just after the gold escort got away ...
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