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... London . Trade fairs were as popular as music halls , so Queensland arranged a lavish display of its wealth . Four Charters Towers mines sold to the Queensland government over a hundred tons of golden stone , which was shipped to London ...
... London . Trade fairs were as popular as music halls , so Queensland arranged a lavish display of its wealth . Four Charters Towers mines sold to the Queensland government over a hundred tons of golden stone , which was shipped to London ...
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... London . The London stock exchange was ripening for a mining boom . Financial panic in Australia and the United States and world depres- sion cut the outlets for investment in the new world . By 1894 so many Englishmen were hunting for ...
... London . The London stock exchange was ripening for a mining boom . Financial panic in Australia and the United States and world depres- sion cut the outlets for investment in the new world . By 1894 so many Englishmen were hunting for ...
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... London , 1894 ) , Albert Gaston's Coolgardie Gold ( London , c . 1937 ) , Cyril E. Goode's Yarns of the Yilgarn ( Melbourne , 1950 ) , Alexander Macdonald's In Search of El Dorado ( London , 1905 ) , L. R. Menzies ' A Gold Seeker's ...
... London , 1894 ) , Albert Gaston's Coolgardie Gold ( London , c . 1937 ) , Cyril E. Goode's Yarns of the Yilgarn ( Melbourne , 1950 ) , Alexander Macdonald's In Search of El Dorado ( London , 1905 ) , L. R. Menzies ' A Gold Seeker's ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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