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Page 45
... crowd had deserted the Old Camp too soon , that , dazzled by the new wealth , they had rushed off and left rich ... crowds roared at brilliant spectacles under artificial lighting of a quality not found in many places in those days . The ...
... crowd had deserted the Old Camp too soon , that , dazzled by the new wealth , they had rushed off and left rich ... crowds roared at brilliant spectacles under artificial lighting of a quality not found in many places in those days . The ...
Page 101
... crowd marched behind it from the railway station to the Palace Hotel in Hannan Street . After speeches by the miners ' leaders condemning the Government's action , the effigy was hung from a telegraph pole labelled " 10 Foot Drop " and ...
... crowd marched behind it from the railway station to the Palace Hotel in Hannan Street . After speeches by the miners ' leaders condemning the Government's action , the effigy was hung from a telegraph pole labelled " 10 Foot Drop " and ...
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... crowd of restless , shirt - sleeved men assembled at the park in Boulder for the mass meeting , at least a few of them prepared to listen . But they did not listen for long . The politicians and the miners ' leaders were sincere and ...
... crowd of restless , shirt - sleeved men assembled at the park in Boulder for the mass meeting , at least a few of them prepared to listen . But they did not listen for long . The politicians and the miners ' leaders were sincere and ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
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