The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningThree decades after publication, The Rush that Never Ended provides an account of an important part of Australia's economic history. New chapters tell the story of the changes in mining in the last 20 years. |
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Page 172
... Coolgardie , a mere three hundred miles away , and he was one of the first of perhaps a hundred thousand men who walked to Coolgardie in the four years before the steam train reached the goldfields . Fifteen miles from York the fences ...
... Coolgardie , a mere three hundred miles away , and he was one of the first of perhaps a hundred thousand men who walked to Coolgardie in the four years before the steam train reached the goldfields . Fifteen miles from York the fences ...
Page 173
... Coolgardie in the third year of the rush , iron stores and hessian shanties arose to refresh the travellers , and one South Australian baker counted twelve small bakeries selling loaves in bush clearings on 120 miles of road . The end ...
... Coolgardie in the third year of the rush , iron stores and hessian shanties arose to refresh the travellers , and one South Australian baker counted twelve small bakeries selling loaves in bush clearings on 120 miles of road . The end ...
Page 178
... Coolgardie the adventurers streamed over claypans and dustbowls to Black Flag and Broad Arrow and Dead Finish , names once known to every sub - editor in Australia , and on to Goon- garrie , which had a salt lake , and Niagara , which ...
... Coolgardie the adventurers streamed over claypans and dustbowls to Black Flag and Broad Arrow and Dead Finish , names once known to every sub - editor in Australia , and on to Goon- garrie , which had a salt lake , and Niagara , which ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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