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The Golden Quest Discovery Trail guidebook provides travellers with an historical account of life in the goldfields. We are delighted to provide the following excerpt for your enjoyment.

Sanitary Carter’s End

Published 30th January 2017

Sanitary Carter’s Tragic End
January 22, 2017 By Moya Sharp

Kalgoorlie Western Argus Tuesday 11 March 1902.
A carter named Charles Noell, an employee of Mr O Sloss, met with a terrible death, yesterday morning through being jolted off his cart on … Read More

Mulline – Ghost Town – near Site 21 Ularring Soak on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail

Published 13th October 2016

Mulline – Ghost Town
October 8, 2016 By Moya Sharp

Mulline was the most important town in the Ularring district. This was after the Government erected the State Battery there in 1899. It crushed ore from nearly 100 claims, mostly worked by their owners… Read More

Not Just a Presidents Wife – Lou Henry Hoover

Published 23rd August 2015 Lou Henry Hoover in Kalgoorlie 1902

Lou Henry Hoover was the wife of Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States of America. There has been a great deal written about … Read More

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