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... Leonora became quite wealthy through finding samples of the likely looking rock in country where they had been shooting . They sampled , pegged , and sold their leases for a tidy sum . Amy Freeman , now Mrs Polletti , a cook working in ...
... Leonora became quite wealthy through finding samples of the likely looking rock in country where they had been shooting . They sampled , pegged , and sold their leases for a tidy sum . Amy Freeman , now Mrs Polletti , a cook working in ...
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... Leonora 146 , Menzies 82 , Laverton 219 , Sandstone 255 , and Wiluna 336 miles . We left on this road in a utility heavily laden with new tyres , drill rods , and groceries , bound for a diamond drilling crew which was working forty ...
... Leonora 146 , Menzies 82 , Laverton 219 , Sandstone 255 , and Wiluna 336 miles . We left on this road in a utility heavily laden with new tyres , drill rods , and groceries , bound for a diamond drilling crew which was working forty ...
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... Leonora and fifteen months later a group of Aborigines returned to Leonora to perform a symbolic second burial . Although they had conducted their own ceremony at the same time as the Christian burial , the second ceremony was ...
... Leonora and fifteen months later a group of Aborigines returned to Leonora to perform a symbolic second burial . Although they had conducted their own ceremony at the same time as the Christian burial , the second ceremony was ...
Contents
The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
Copyright | |
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