The First Actor on the Goldfields
by Tom Cannam
ISBN 978-0-85905-577-2, (2014, new), 15pp, SC, B5, 40g
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English actor ‘Tom Cannam’, Thomas Arthur Sowden, 1863-1940s, arrived in Australia in 1891 and soon ended up at the Coolgardie rush. A long life on the stage made him a household name between the wars. This is his autobiographical account of his travails in early Coolgardie.