Mines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount Isa Mines

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Angus and Robertson, 1970 - Mines and mineral resources - 256 pages

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The Plains of Promise I
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A Lonely Horseman II
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Copper of the Kalkadoons
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Mines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount Isa Mines
Geoffrey Blainey
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About the author (1970)

Geoffrey Blainey is an Australian historian, born 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. He taught at the University of Melbourne and held chairs in economic history and history. He taught at Harvard University as a visiting professor of Australian Studies. He has written over 36 and is the author of The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia for which he was a joint winner of the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian history.

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TitleMines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount Isa Mines
AuthorGeoffrey Blainey
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherAngus and Robertson, 1970
Original fromPennsylvania State University
Digitized10 Sep 2011
ISBN0207120978, 9780207120978
Length256 pages
  
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