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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... Melbourne , where the pathos of his arrival in crowded streets hushed the news of the pastures he had seen . When a year later the bones of Burke and Wills were carried to Melbourne for honoured burial , he marched in the long ...
... Melbourne , where the pathos of his arrival in crowded streets hushed the news of the pastures he had seen . When a year later the bones of Burke and Wills were carried to Melbourne for honoured burial , he marched in the long ...
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... Melbourne men to Gibson's mine . Copper had not breathed the same magic as gold on the Melbourne Stock Exchange until 1897 , when the success of the Mount Lyell mine in the rain forests of Tasmania suddenly awakened a craze for copper ...
... Melbourne men to Gibson's mine . Copper had not breathed the same magic as gold on the Melbourne Stock Exchange until 1897 , when the success of the Mount Lyell mine in the rain forests of Tasmania suddenly awakened a craze for copper ...
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... Melbourne , he formed Mount Isa South , a company which would take over his interests . He was joined as director by two Melbourne merchants , the old journalist , Ambrose Pratt , and a former general manager of Broken Hill Block 10 ...
... Melbourne , he formed Mount Isa South , a company which would take over his interests . He was joined as director by two Melbourne merchants , the old journalist , Ambrose Pratt , and a former general manager of Broken Hill Block 10 ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
Copper of the Kalkadoons | 18 |
The Duchess and the Hermit | 28 |
Copyright | |
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