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Paddy Hannan’s Statue –

24/11/2014 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Paddy Hannans Drinking Fountain

Paddy Hannans Statue Early in 1928 the ‘Kalgoorlie Sun’ newspaper directed the attention of the residents of Kalgoorlie that although a plaque and a tree existed to make the first place where gold was found in Kalgoorlie no permanent memorial to the man who found it, Paddy Hannan, existed. The article suggested that a memorial […]

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