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==Mining companies==
Mining companies included Mysore, Champion Reef, Ooregum, Nundydroog and Balaghat.<ref> Johnson, Ronnie [https://listsweb.rootswebarchive.comorg/web/20210212110700/hyperkittyhttps:/list/indiamlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread/=1663508/ Surnames - Kolar Gold Fields and Bangalore] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 7 November 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2019, archived.</ref>
==Volunteer Regiment==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolar_Gold_Fields Kolar Gold Fields] Wikipedia
*[http://memoriesofkgf.blogspot.com/ Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia] Photos and Memories of K.G.F.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225432/http://victorieschurchkgf.com/homeabout.html Our Lady of Victories Church, KGF, Karnataka], (archived) (more details<ref>[https://memoriesofkgf.blogspot.com/2012/03/our-lady-of-victories-church-champion.html A Short history of Our Lady of Victories Church, Champion Reefs, KGF] by Bridget White-Kumar ''Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia''</ref>) is/was? part of the**[http://www.bangalorearchdiocese.com Archdiocese of Bangalore] (Roman Catholic). Retrieved 22 October 2014
*[http://www.confluence.mobi/blog/a-boer-in-bangalore/ "A Boer in Bangalore"] by Adam Yamey 14 September 2016 ''Confluence''. George Glaeser Munnik, a Boer Officer, was a POW at [[Trichinopoly]] and later [[Amritsar]]. During his stay in India he was able to visit Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Fields. He wrote an account ''A Boer in India'' published 1903. He subsequently became a Senator in South Africa.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045128/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/113032/tale-two-thriving-townships.html "Tale of two thriving townships"] by Bridget White-Kumar 15 November, 2010 ''Deccan Herald'', now an archived webpage. Robertsonpet was established in 1902 became the “Town” for the mining areas and quickly became an important commercial centre. Andersonpet, was established in 1904, next to the mining areas of Champion Reefs and Mysore Mine/ Marikuppam.
:[https://www.deccanherald.com/content/280784/kgfs-very-own-little-england.html "KGF's very own Little England"] by Bridget Kumar 24 September 2012 ''Deccan Herald''. KGF Gymkhana Club
*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/contributebridget-memories/readwhite-contributionskumar/life-back-then/322-memories-of-my-family-and-of-weddings-in-kolar-gold-fields Memories of my family and of weddings in Kolar Gold Fields] by Bridget White-Kumar. indiaofthepast.org. "In the early years [19th century], arranged marriages were the norm in the [Anglo-Indian] Community." The author’s father was an Underground Engineer in Nandydroog Mines, c late 1940s
*[https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3EXHCpPQAw15Bj6AMAbbEP/Memories-etched-in-gold.html "Memories etched in gold"] by Aniruddha Chowdhury 18 Nov 2011. livemint.com
*From the late Ronnie Johnson's now archived website
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