Mildred Walshaw: Lady Gold-miner

Published: April 6, 2020, 6:58 a.m.

Mildred was the only permanent resident of the ghost town of Comet Vale and was most likely the only active woman prospector with her own gold mine in Australia in 1957.

She was born in 1896 in Yellowdine, just outside Southern Cross, Western Australia.

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