Listen to three oral histories from locals who lived their lives in Mid West mining communities, or discover more about the life of pioneering ship merchant and entrepreneur Charles Broadhurst, owner of the SS Xantho, which sank overloaded with lead in 1879. Charles, his wife Eliza an early feminist, his son Florance the award winning guano merchant and his daughter Kitty the suffragette each left a legacy to Western Australia that can be explored.

But most of all, why not submit your own story about mining and living in the Mid West? Help grow Unearthed: Mining Stories from the Mid West with your own memories, photos or documents.

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