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THE MUDDY YARRA HID EVIDENCE OF FRAUD

On July 22, 2021   /   History   /   3 Comments
Tags: Fool's Gold, Gold, Gold Fraud, Kalgoolie, Mercantile Rowing Club, Princes Bridge, social history, Yarra River
THE MUDDY YARRA HID EVIDENCE OF FRAUD

Where there is a commodity as precious as gold, there is a possibility of fraud. In June 1950 a twenty seven year old Melbourne man arrived in Kalgoolie hoping to do a bit of gold trading. He put the word out and soon found himself being offered

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