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... hundred miles , coached a stretch to the railhead , reached a coastal port - perhaps Fremantle , perhaps Esperance- after a few weeks , and taken ship for more than a thousand miles . Then there would have been a few hundred miles more ...
... hundred miles , coached a stretch to the railhead , reached a coastal port - perhaps Fremantle , perhaps Esperance- after a few weeks , and taken ship for more than a thousand miles . Then there would have been a few hundred miles more ...
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... hundred miles . There were moments of drama at Coolgardie , and there were always times of excitement . After the rich strike in Bayley's No. 1 South , Dick Crossman rode to Southern Cross by camel to carry the news to the telegraph ...
... hundred miles . There were moments of drama at Coolgardie , and there were always times of excitement . After the rich strike in Bayley's No. 1 South , Dick Crossman rode to Southern Cross by camel to carry the news to the telegraph ...
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... hundreds of feet until he was above the rise , a hundred feet below , where it seemed that Varischetti would be trapped . Hammering on the rocks he heard answering taps . Varischetti and several other Italians on the Westralia had ...
... hundreds of feet until he was above the rise , a hundred feet below , where it seemed that Varischetti would be trapped . Hammering on the rocks he heard answering taps . Varischetti and several other Italians on the Westralia had ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
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