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... ship at English ports the long sea trip to Australia was more dangerous than life on the goldfields . Hundreds of young men were buried at sea , sewn in their hammocks , in each year of the gold trek . Heavily laden sailing ships ran ...
... ship at English ports the long sea trip to Australia was more dangerous than life on the goldfields . Hundreds of young men were buried at sea , sewn in their hammocks , in each year of the gold trek . Heavily laden sailing ships ran ...
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... ships . Few ports in the new world were busier . In May 1853 twenty ships arrived from London , twenty - three from other British ports , seventeen from the United States , seven from India and Mauritius , two from Cape of Good Hope ...
... ships . Few ports in the new world were busier . In May 1853 twenty ships arrived from London , twenty - three from other British ports , seventeen from the United States , seven from India and Mauritius , two from Cape of Good Hope ...
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... ships sailed from Darwin so they hired a cutter in August 1881 to take them to the small pearling port of Cossack , seventeen days ' sailing to the south - west . After prospecting 250 miles of the Ashburton River without finding gold ...
... ships sailed from Darwin so they hired a cutter in August 1881 to take them to the small pearling port of Cossack , seventeen days ' sailing to the south - west . After prospecting 250 miles of the Ashburton River without finding gold ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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