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... dumps . For Kalgoorlie children that was the main " Dumps " area , separated from the town proper by the railway line to Boulder along which trains occasionally puffed their way through Golden Gate and Kamballie - now long vanished - to ...
... dumps . For Kalgoorlie children that was the main " Dumps " area , separated from the town proper by the railway line to Boulder along which trains occasionally puffed their way through Golden Gate and Kamballie - now long vanished - to ...
Page 172
... dumps that could have been mistaken for that of ocean surf . This boom of surf came from the great water - jets that were sloshing down the old dumps for profitable re - treatment . In 1904 a visiting metallurgist had written “ . . . it ...
... dumps that could have been mistaken for that of ocean surf . This boom of surf came from the great water - jets that were sloshing down the old dumps for profitable re - treatment . In 1904 a visiting metallurgist had written “ . . . it ...
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... dumps , an irregula pattern on scarred earth among the golden wattle and black mallee , marks all that was left of Bonnievale . " They had forty head of stamps on the Westralia , ” Harry said as we walked among the dumps . " They took ...
... dumps , an irregula pattern on scarred earth among the golden wattle and black mallee , marks all that was left of Bonnievale . " They had forty head of stamps on the Westralia , ” Harry said as we walked among the dumps . " They took ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
Copyright | |
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