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... story is that drillers near Carr - Boyd Rocks gathered white quartz stones and spelled out a message on the ground for the aerial spies to read . They were told to " nick off " but it wasn't expressed as politely as that . It is well ...
... story is that drillers near Carr - Boyd Rocks gathered white quartz stones and spelled out a message on the ground for the aerial spies to read . They were told to " nick off " but it wasn't expressed as politely as that . It is well ...
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... story of the gold to a fellow prisoner . Several years later , in 1887 , Arthur Bayley of Southern Cross gave hospitality to a prospector , Gilles A. McPherson , and his Aboriginal assistant , who arrived back in the town in a ...
... story of the gold to a fellow prisoner . Several years later , in 1887 , Arthur Bayley of Southern Cross gave hospitality to a prospector , Gilles A. McPherson , and his Aboriginal assistant , who arrived back in the town in a ...
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... story of how she had been left to rear three young children on her own , and was having quite a struggle to make ... stories have grown out of all proportion . My memory of him is on a Mother's Day , when we were new to the neighbourhood ...
... story of how she had been left to rear three young children on her own , and was having quite a struggle to make ... stories have grown out of all proportion . My memory of him is on a Mother's Day , when we were new to the neighbourhood ...
Contents
The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
Copyright | |
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