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Page 132
... Claude de Bernales , said in an advertisement in a 1910 mining journal . In the revival of the gold - mining industry in the nineteen- thirties , de Bernales was to charm London funds into his many interests on the West Australian ...
... Claude de Bernales , said in an advertisement in a 1910 mining journal . In the revival of the gold - mining industry in the nineteen- thirties , de Bernales was to charm London funds into his many interests on the West Australian ...
Page 156
... Claude Albo de Bernales , the mining promoter with the golden touch , who brought English money to help revive the goldfields . Both were big , handsome men , and Ben Leslie's appearance , in a day when conformity had reached Kalgoorlie ...
... Claude Albo de Bernales , the mining promoter with the golden touch , who brought English money to help revive the goldfields . Both were big , handsome men , and Ben Leslie's appearance , in a day when conformity had reached Kalgoorlie ...
Page 189
... Claude de Bernales . Whereas de Bernales was always the toff , the well- mannered imposing figure who sought investment millions overseas , and found them , Morris was the rough - and - ready eager - beaver local trader , who started in ...
... Claude de Bernales . Whereas de Bernales was always the toff , the well- mannered imposing figure who sought investment millions overseas , and found them , Morris was the rough - and - ready eager - beaver local trader , who started in ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
Copyright | |
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