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Page 47
... river flowed gently , dropping thirty or forty feet to the mile , the gold was spread evenly through the gravel that rested on the hard rock . Where the river had narrowed or curved , or crossed a bar of resisting rock , huge nuggets ...
... river flowed gently , dropping thirty or forty feet to the mile , the gold was spread evenly through the gravel that rested on the hard rock . Where the river had narrowed or curved , or crossed a bar of resisting rock , huge nuggets ...
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... river with fencing wire , corrugated iron , flour and sugar and all the provisions for the sheep stations . When the river dried the steamers lay months in the mud and when the river flooded they sometimes wandered far from the banks ...
... river with fencing wire , corrugated iron , flour and sugar and all the provisions for the sheep stations . When the river dried the steamers lay months in the mud and when the river flooded they sometimes wandered far from the banks ...
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... River without finding gold they rode far north to Yeeda station on the Fitzroy River and waited two months for their provisions to arrive by sea . They had already been a year away from Pine Creek when they left the Fitzroy River to ...
... River without finding gold they rode far north to Yeeda station on the Fitzroy River and waited two months for their provisions to arrive by sea . They had already been a year away from Pine Creek when they left the Fitzroy River to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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