THE KALGOORLIE WA DIARIES

“When gold was identified at Fly Flat in the vicinity of Coolgardie in 1892, then at Hannan's (later Kalgoorlie) in 1893, thousands flocked for the arid Goldfields. The shortage of new water was an enormous difficulty and resulted in very poor sanitation, health conditions such as typhoid and many deaths … The region continues to be stricken b