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... alluvial gold that were covered not by clay and gravel but by basalt from extinct volcanoes . In the first decade of Victorian gold the discoveries had been mainly horizontal , on the surface of the ground . Now the new discoveries were ...
... alluvial gold that were covered not by clay and gravel but by basalt from extinct volcanoes . In the first decade of Victorian gold the discoveries had been mainly horizontal , on the surface of the ground . Now the new discoveries were ...
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... alluvial troubles were inflammable . They affected few men , the gold in dispute was trifling , but because the ... alluvial mining to inflame bitterness in the face of unjust laws ; the great civil insurrections on the Victorian and ...
... alluvial troubles were inflammable . They affected few men , the gold in dispute was trifling , but because the ... alluvial mining to inflame bitterness in the face of unjust laws ; the great civil insurrections on the Victorian and ...
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... gold saving the nation in the 1890s hoped that gold again might save it . The price of gold began to rise in the ... alluvial gold with their dry - blowers . Stewart , a prospector , was murdered by a black in 1911 , and soon the ...
... gold saving the nation in the 1890s hoped that gold again might save it . The price of gold began to rise in the ... alluvial gold with their dry - blowers . Stewart , a prospector , was murdered by a black in 1911 , and soon the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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