Mines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount Isa MinesMarco, a young loyalist peasant-soldier, falls in love with Norma, a rebel spy, during the Spanish Civil War. They struggle against a powerful enemy blockade that is preventing the delivery of food in a battle that could change the course of the war. |
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... Burketown fever " spread far inland . Corfield was infected while watching his sheep near the Cloncurry River , and was carried 150 miles in a jolting cart to Burketown , where a doctor , who had opportunely come by ship , gave medicine ...
... Burketown fever " spread far inland . Corfield was infected while watching his sheep near the Cloncurry River , and was carried 150 miles in a jolting cart to Burketown , where a doctor , who had opportunely come by ship , gave medicine ...
Page 37
... Burketown fever and swore that no European could work there with pick and shovel . One member replied that Burketown was as healthy as Brisbane , and three blamed the rum bottle for the Burketown fever . The Legislative Council was more ...
... Burketown fever and swore that no European could work there with pick and shovel . One member replied that Burketown was as healthy as Brisbane , and three blamed the rum bottle for the Burketown fever . The Legislative Council was more ...
Page 109
... Burketown would still be preferable to the uneconomic rail hauls to the eastern coast of Queensland . In 1920 Parliament approved plans to spend £ 401,000 on the first 50 miles of railway toward Burketown , a line which would chase the ...
... Burketown would still be preferable to the uneconomic rail hauls to the eastern coast of Queensland . In 1920 Parliament approved plans to spend £ 401,000 on the first 50 miles of railway toward Burketown , a line which would chase the ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
Copper of the Kalkadoons | 18 |
The Duchess and the Hermit | 28 |
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