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 184
... Western Australian gold mines . Those who remembered the heavy Scottish and English losses in the recent Australian bank crashes agreed that Western Australia was a land of sirens , luring investors to the rocks . Despite the inflow of ...
... Western Australian gold mines . Those who remembered the heavy Scottish and English losses in the recent Australian bank crashes agreed that Western Australia was a land of sirens , luring investors to the rocks . Despite the inflow of ...
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... WESTERN AUSTRALIA The Parliamentary Papers of Western Australia were used frequently , and the follow- ing papers and reports all provided evidence for the Western Australian chapters : E. T. Hardman's Report on the Geology of the ...
... WESTERN AUSTRALIA The Parliamentary Papers of Western Australia were used frequently , and the follow- ing papers and reports all provided evidence for the Western Australian chapters : E. T. Hardman's Report on the Geology of the ...
Page 396
... Australia's Western Third ( London , 1960 ) , The Origins of the Eastern Goldfields Water Scheme ( Perth , 1954 ) by ... Western Australia ' in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society ( vol . 43 , part 1 , 1957 ) , and ...
... Australia's Western Third ( London , 1960 ) , The Origins of the Eastern Goldfields Water Scheme ( Perth , 1954 ) by ... Western Australia ' in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society ( vol . 43 , part 1 , 1957 ) , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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