Gold stealing

Context of Gold Mining in Western Australia
Historically the Gold mining industry in Western Australia is a complex and powerful component of the economic history of the state.

Recognition of gold stealing

 * Goldfields acts


 * Police acts


 * Gold dealing


 * Royal Commission in 1906-1907


 * Kalgoorlie Gold Mine companies


 * Treatment plants


 * Chamber of Mines (Kalgoorlie)


 * Gold Stealing Detective Squad


 * Convicted gold stealers


 * Repeat offenders

Media attention

 * Murder of Walsh and Pitman

Available literature

 * Trove

Records
17 December 1901