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... Brookman and Charles de Rose had been working the lease without much success , and George Brookman , a businessman who was backing them , had gone to Dashwood's Gully with an experienced prospector , Sam Pearce , to discuss the matter ...
... Brookman and Charles de Rose had been working the lease without much success , and George Brookman , a businessman who was backing them , had gone to Dashwood's Gully with an experienced prospector , Sam Pearce , to discuss the matter ...
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... Brookman and Sam Pearce left Adelaide by sea on 7 June 1893 , the day that Paddy Hannan left Coolgardie and headed ... Brookman moved their camp . While Brookman was away at Coolgardie applying for twenty acres , Pearce discovered a rich ...
... Brookman and Sam Pearce left Adelaide by sea on 7 June 1893 , the day that Paddy Hannan left Coolgardie and headed ... Brookman moved their camp . While Brookman was away at Coolgardie applying for twenty acres , Pearce discovered a rich ...
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... Brookman's " Sheep - run ” claimed a certain awed respect . As for Brookman's Syndicate , five years after its formation it went into the most remarkable voluntary liquidation in Australian financial history . Had each of the original ...
... Brookman's " Sheep - run ” claimed a certain awed respect . As for Brookman's Syndicate , five years after its formation it went into the most remarkable voluntary liquidation in Australian financial history . Had each of the original ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
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