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... gravel to the bottom . Anxiously he palmed with his hand the top layer of gravel from the dish . At last only a film of sediment remained in the dish , and peering in he saw a grain of gold . With his penknife he lifted the grain and ...
... gravel to the bottom . Anxiously he palmed with his hand the top layer of gravel from the dish . At last only a film of sediment remained in the dish , and peering in he saw a grain of gold . With his penknife he lifted the grain and ...
Page 35
... gravel or was shown it by the shepherds . She returned with the wife of a barrel - maker and some food and tools , and each morning the women emerged from their mia mia made of a linen sheet stretched on a pole , and washed gravel on ...
... gravel or was shown it by the shepherds . She returned with the wife of a barrel - maker and some food and tools , and each morning the women emerged from their mia mia made of a linen sheet stretched on a pole , and washed gravel on ...
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... gravels . When the shaft reached the old river gravels the miners put out drives to each part of their small claim . In ... gravel was so rich that owners of adjacent shafts drove in tunnels secretly and stole it . One tunnel drove right ...
... gravels . When the shaft reached the old river gravels the miners put out drives to each part of their small claim . In ... gravel was so rich that owners of adjacent shafts drove in tunnels secretly and stole it . One tunnel drove right ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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