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Larkinville,  Western Australia

This was the depression years, and reminiscent of the early gold rushes of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie in the 1890's, men flocked to the field. Some sources claim up to 1000 men, but newspaper reports at the time indicate 150 to 200. By 1932, men started drifting away, although there were still a number on the field in 1935. The area produced many sizable nuggets.

Shortly after the nugget was left outside a hotel in Coolgardie for the residents to view. Jim meanwhile refused interviews, photographs, meetings with the Premier, and it was left to his father to attend to publicity. Jim stated if the Premier arrived at their claim he would go bush rather than meet him.

Information about the nugget can be found outside the Widgiemooltha Roadhouse, although the replica on display is not to scale. For this, a replica and information can be found in the Kalgoorlie Museum.

Reccomended reading: 

"The Eagle's Nest" by Peter J Bridge
Larkinville and the Golden Eagle Nugget
lots of photos and indexed
Published Hesperian Press 1999
ISBN 085905 274 5