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Boulder (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Group of Boulder mines, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. View of mine buildings with chimneys and railway line. Boulder is a town on the eastern goldfields, just south of Kalgoorlie, which proved an immensely rich lead, and led to the discovery of the 'Golden Mile', one of the largest gold-bearing areas in the world.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Boulder mines from Maritana Hill, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081B/5
Scope and Contents

205 x 150 mm. A view of the mines from further away, showing workings, derricks and mounds of earth.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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View to west of Monument Hill, Boulder, Kalgoorlie Area, 1901-01-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3081A/9
Scope and Contents

152 x 107 mm. A view looking across scrubland towards a small rocky hill. In the middleground a man is seated in a pony-trap. Photograph by W.D. Campbell. Negative No. 56.

Dates: 1901-01-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).