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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

5 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Why Go Gold

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 2

when you can get a woollen cost cheap at Tabrett's Auction on Thursday?…

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The Gold Standard or the Bushland

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 20 August 1932 · page 4

The gold standard ! How it is talked about in these days of stress Economists and financiers, politician, and cranks, all have something to…

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Thrills Offered Katoomba Colliery Makes Suggestion

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 20 December 1932 · page 2

It is considered that a great number of visitors who go down the Giant Stairway would be relieved to know they need…

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The Turf Kichaka Just Beats Pavilion Buonarroti a Good 2 YEAROLD. Rig Plunge on Gold Digger Falls

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 22 December 1932 · page 8

While Kichaka was winning the second division of the Dundas Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday for G. Price's stable, McCarten, who…

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Thrills and Scenic Marvels Katoomba Colliery Provides New Attraction Scenic Railway is the Gateway to Wonderland

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 1

It is almost incredible that such an amazing piece of handiwork as this scenic railway provides remains practically…

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