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Gwalia Mine Historic Site

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Gwalia Historic Town-Leonora

May 8th 2009
Gwalia is a ghost town; a community that has the deepest love and respect for their heritage has preserved it. The Sons of Gwalia mine was a major part of the lives of the people of Leonora Gwalia, supporting a population of around 3000 in 1911.Many resident were migrants form Italy and Yugoslavia living in simple cottages made from bush timber, corrugated iron and Hessian. In December 1963 The So ... read more
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Australian Flag Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
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