THE KALGOORLIE WA DIARIES

“When gold was found at Fly Flat in the vicinity of Coolgardie in 1892, then at Hannan's (later on Kalgoorlie) in 1893, countless numbers flocked into the arid Goldfields. The dearth of fresh water was an enormous difficulty and resulted in inadequate sanitation, disorders which include typhoid and a lot of deaths … The world has long been suf