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Page 65
... Kanowna , twelve miles north - east of Kalgoorlie . It was a popular area , with something for everyone : alluvial for the prospector , reef gold for the " reefers , " and in the cement patches gold was scattered at shallow depth ...
... Kanowna , twelve miles north - east of Kalgoorlie . It was a popular area , with something for everyone : alluvial for the prospector , reef gold for the " reefers , " and in the cement patches gold was scattered at shallow depth ...
Page 90
... Kanowna , on the other hand , had come good . As one paper put it : The Kanowna alluvial rush has come as a godsend to the whole of the Westralian fields , and the huge tribe which a few months ago was living on John Bull's champagne ...
... Kanowna , on the other hand , had come good . As one paper put it : The Kanowna alluvial rush has come as a godsend to the whole of the Westralian fields , and the huge tribe which a few months ago was living on John Bull's champagne ...
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... Kanowna in July 1898. This was the incident of the famous Sacred Nugget , which has always remained a rather mysterious matter and which is still the subject of knowing argument among old - timers . Kanowna , originally known as the ...
... Kanowna in July 1898. This was the incident of the famous Sacred Nugget , which has always remained a rather mysterious matter and which is still the subject of knowing argument among old - timers . Kanowna , originally known as the ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
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