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Paddington Western Australia
Paddington was in the Broad Arrow Goldfield. 27km north of Kalgoorlie along the main road to Menzies Paddington or the Sore Foot area - the first big rush was in Sept l892 Apparently at the end of the first day of the "rush", tired limping diggers named it "Sore Foot Rush" but it was later changed to Paddington.
Paddington Town Street Map - Image SLWA
Paddington was discovered in about 1894 and the town was at its height in 1900 & 1901 The Pakeha, Mt Corlis and Star of WA were some of Paddingtons
prosperous mines and the Paddinton Consols was a big mine employing between 400 to 500 men at the peak of its operations
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