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... Victoria had fallen . Gold had made Victoria the wealthiest and most populous colony in Aus- tralia , and a magnet ... Victorian alluvial was almost over . He was still gripped by gold fever , and he must have eagerly scanned the small ...
... Victoria had fallen . Gold had made Victoria the wealthiest and most populous colony in Aus- tralia , and a magnet ... Victorian alluvial was almost over . He was still gripped by gold fever , and he must have eagerly scanned the small ...
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... Victorian dig- gings , dug a little gold , and eventually rode in the gold escort . Returning to Tasmania in 1853 , he selected virgin land at Forth , on the north coast . He was not a successful farmer ; he was happier with a pick and ...
... Victorian dig- gings , dug a little gold , and eventually rode in the gold escort . Returning to Tasmania in 1853 , he selected virgin land at Forth , on the north coast . He was not a successful farmer ; he was happier with a pick and ...
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... Victorian mining towns - Maldon , Walhalla , Ballarat , Bendigo , Stawell - had profes- sional sharebrokers or busy ... Victoria miners who saw the reef widen or grow richer in the mine in which they worked frequently bought or sold ...
... Victorian mining towns - Maldon , Walhalla , Ballarat , Bendigo , Stawell - had profes- sional sharebrokers or busy ... Victoria miners who saw the reef widen or grow richer in the mine in which they worked frequently bought or sold ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill cent copper company's Comstock copper cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Dundas Eldon Ranges Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan hauled Heemskirk Hercules Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox later Launceston lease Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain Murray North Lyell pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting smoke South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track tram Trent Trial Harbour tunnel union Victorian Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc