The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningAustralia is one of the world's great sources of mineral treasures. Out of the ground, on land and at sea, has come wealth to create a host of lucrative industries. Our landscape is littered with mines and mining towns bearing evocative names like Rum Jungle, Noble's Nob, Broad Arrow, Bordeaux and Siberia, and stories abound of fortunes won and lost. 'The rush that never ended' tells the story of these mineral discoveries, describes the giants of Australia's mining history and records the tremendous influence that mining has had on Australia's attitudes to unionism, religion, law and politics. |
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... iron ore offered a valuable treasury of export income . The treasury , however , was locked . Successive governments reaffirmed in the 1940s and 1950s that iron ore was relatively scarce in Australia . By retaining the embargo on ...
... iron ore offered a valuable treasury of export income . The treasury , however , was locked . Successive governments reaffirmed in the 1940s and 1950s that iron ore was relatively scarce in Australia . By retaining the embargo on ...
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... iron - ore exports in the 1960s embraced a string of harbours spaced along one - quarter of the coast of Australia . The iron ports ran from Geraldton on the Indian Ocean to Darwin on the Timor Sea ; they extended from a port so far ...
... iron - ore exports in the 1960s embraced a string of harbours spaced along one - quarter of the coast of Australia . The iron ports ran from Geraldton on the Indian Ocean to Darwin on the Timor Sea ; they extended from a port so far ...
Page 349
... iron ore offered a valuable treasury of export income . The treasury , however , was locked . Successive governments reaffirmed in the 1940s and 1950s that iron ore was relatively scarce in Australia . By retaining the embargo on ...
... iron ore offered a valuable treasury of export income . The treasury , however , was locked . Successive governments reaffirmed in the 1940s and 1950s that iron ore was relatively scarce in Australia . By retaining the embargo on ...
Contents
Preface Introduction | 1 |
THE GOLDSEEKERS | 3 |
Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
Copyright | |
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