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110 degrees in the waterbag : a history of the life, work and leisure in Leonora, Gwalia and the northern goldfields / editors Lenore Layman and Criena Fitzgerald

Record no:

65373

Call no:

994.16 ONE

Author:

Layman, Lenore ; Fitzgerald, Criena ; Western Australian Museum ; Leonora Historical Research Project

Publisher:

Welshpool, W.A.: Western Australian Museum in association with the Leonora Historical Research Project

Year:

2012

Description:

461 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Leonora (W.A.) - History - Anecdotes;
Leonora (W.A.) - History;
Gwalla (W.A.) - History;
Gwalia (W.A.) - History - Anecdotes;
Goldfields Region (W.A.) - History;

Australian Aborigines - Western Australia - South Central Region;
Italians - Western Australia;

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Isbn:

9781920843687

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Explores Aboriginal history and women's and children's lives as well as those of prospectors and miners. Southern European, and particularly Italian, workers and their families added to the uniqueness of Gwalia and the woodline camps. The story of pastoralism

is included alongside that of goldmining.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Main Library	Western Australian Museum	994.16 ONE	On Shelf
2		History	Western Australian Museum	994.16 ONE	On Shelf
3		Kalgoorlie	Western Australian Museum	994.16 ONE	On Shelf
4		Archives room (Bay 7)	Western Australian Museum	994.16 ONE	On Shelf