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... rush took place in the distant Kimber- leys , in the far north , a thousand miles from the Golden Mile . Attention had been drawn to the East Kimberleys , near the border of the Northern Territory , by the prospecting of Phil Saunders ...
... rush took place in the distant Kimber- leys , in the far north , a thousand miles from the Golden Mile . Attention had been drawn to the East Kimberleys , near the border of the Northern Territory , by the prospecting of Phil Saunders ...
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... rush . No doubt McPherson and Peterkin were well enough satisfied , particularly as they were given a ten - acre Protection Area that later became the Nannine Gold Mine . Some years later Arthur Bayley , who had by then found Coolgardie ...
... rush . No doubt McPherson and Peterkin were well enough satisfied , particularly as they were given a ten - acre Protection Area that later became the Nannine Gold Mine . Some years later Arthur Bayley , who had by then found Coolgardie ...
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... rush set in ? " “ Well , I started for Coolgardie to apply for a prospecting claim . This was on June 17th and on the following day , which was Sunday , the news of our find soon got abroad . . . there were 1,400 or 1,500 men here in ...
... rush set in ? " “ Well , I started for Coolgardie to apply for a prospecting claim . This was on June 17th and on the following day , which was Sunday , the news of our find soon got abroad . . . there were 1,400 or 1,500 men here in ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
Copyright | |
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