WEST AUSTRALIANA MINING

Life in Southern Cross although busy has settled allowing the Family conglomerate to expand into other industry and all is well until a fire destroys their Hotel and little shop. Mary who is expecting Martin and Her 1st child is badly burnt.With the discovery of new gold by Bayley and Ford at Fly Flats and nothing to keep them in the Yilgarn they pack up what is left and move on further into the harsh waterless lands of the interior.Life in a rapidly expanding town rich with new gold and a State pushing further from the coastal areas. There are exciting developments which see steam trains transport more people and bring better supplies. What started as a tent town was fast becoming an elegant city of influence in both State and National Affairs.Signed by Author pp. 217 #020723R