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“The Challenge’ for the ‘Belle of Coolgardie’

01/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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In the days of early Coolgardie it was often the case that when a disagreement occurred it was settled in the time honoured way by bashing each other senseless.  This was welcomed by the general population who were somewhat starved for entertainment. It also ensured your ‘disagreement’ was well and truly ‘settled’. Coolgardie drew to […]

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