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 115
... Wallaroo . Five miles across the flats the hot beach became Port Wallaroo , and sailing ships anchored offshore to take bags of copper ore from barges . By 1861 the brick chimney of the copper smelters was a beacon to ships that brought ...
... Wallaroo . Five miles across the flats the hot beach became Port Wallaroo , and sailing ships anchored offshore to take bags of copper ore from barges . By 1861 the brick chimney of the copper smelters was a beacon to ships that brought ...
Page 116
... Wallaroo and Moonta mines , and they resolved to smelt all ores at the Wallaroo Company's smelters by the sea . Visitors who came by ship on a stormy evening could see across the water the glare of furnaces reflected in the clouds and ...
... Wallaroo and Moonta mines , and they resolved to smelt all ores at the Wallaroo Company's smelters by the sea . Visitors who came by ship on a stormy evening could see across the water the glare of furnaces reflected in the clouds and ...
Page 397
... Wallaroo Mining District ( 1917 ) , and S. B. Dickinson's bulletin on Kapunda Mines ( 1944 ) . Books : Francis Dutton's South Australia and its Mines ( London , 1846 ) , J. B. Austin's . The Mines of South Australia ( Adelaide , 1863 ) ...
... Wallaroo Mining District ( 1917 ) , and S. B. Dickinson's bulletin on Kapunda Mines ( 1944 ) . Books : Francis Dutton's South Australia and its Mines ( London , 1846 ) , J. B. Austin's . The Mines of South Australia ( Adelaide , 1863 ) ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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