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... metals that were mined vigorously in Australia . It also touches on iron because Australia's steel industry was nursed and nourished by a silver - lead mine . It omits coal , for that industry is and was radically different from metal ...
... metals that were mined vigorously in Australia . It also touches on iron because Australia's steel industry was nursed and nourished by a silver - lead mine . It omits coal , for that industry is and was radically different from metal ...
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... metal refineries and smelters by the seaboard , mines in the forest below snowed mountains and mines by the warm ocean , but most mines are out in the arid wastelands . They have long yielded much of the world's precious and base metals ...
... metal refineries and smelters by the seaboard , mines in the forest below snowed mountains and mines by the warm ocean , but most mines are out in the arid wastelands . They have long yielded much of the world's precious and base metals ...
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... metal mine . This riddle can be simply explained Metal deposits were close to the main port of Adelaide and so were soon seen and easily developed . Amongst the settlers of that paradise of civil and religious freedom were miners from ...
... metal mine . This riddle can be simply explained Metal deposits were close to the main port of Adelaide and so were soon seen and easily developed . Amongst the settlers of that paradise of civil and religious freedom were miners from ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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