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Whats in a Name – The Moonta Turks

13/04/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

I have often wondered about the names of these teams. They are both Cricket and Football teams with the same name, the Moonta Turks. This in its self is quite unusual I think, and I have not been able to find out the origin of the name. I first noticed it because my maiden name […]

Filed Under: People, Sport Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Moonta Turks, sport, Western Australia

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