Eastern Goldfields - Political Culture

Political Culture

  • See also Secessionism in Western Australia

It was the region of inspiration for a group of writers - Gavin Casey, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Henrietta Drake Brockman and others. It has been an important cultural region as far as labour history and Australian political history, with a rich worker and trade union history.

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