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Pit, headframe and winder house at the Sons of Gwalia mine

Man surveying the damage to Kalafatis Bros shop after the Kalgoorlie riots

Jim and Jimmy Larcombe (right) with the Golden Eagle Nugget

Jim Larcombe Jnr and his father found the Golden Eagle nugget at Larkinville 15 January 1931.

Vosper addressing diggers

Crowd of alluvial gold prospectors being addressed by Frederick Charles Vosper. The alluvial miners were petitioning against the restrictions placed on them working on mining leases, i.e. the 10 foot rule, designed to prioritise mining companies over individual prospectors

Coolgardie, 1894. Fly Flat in the foreground

Panning off, Fly Flat, Coolgardie

A Dryblower at work in the North West

Image of a dryblower, published in the Western Mail 16 December 1911, with headline: "Scenes from the far north".