A History of Australia, Volume 5Cambridge University Press, 1981 - Australia |
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Page 109
... fields had hearts reputed to be as ' false as the inside of hell ' . They spread rumours concerning great goldfields out on the desert , telling in the process such whopping lies that observers put them in the class above Ananias , the ...
... fields had hearts reputed to be as ' false as the inside of hell ' . They spread rumours concerning great goldfields out on the desert , telling in the process such whopping lies that observers put them in the class above Ananias , the ...
Page 159
... field . The grievances of the diggers at Kalgoorlie bore some resemblance to the grievances of their illus- trious predecessors at Eureka . Like them the alluvial diggers at Kalgoorlie and on surrounding fields like Kanowna were doomed ...
... field . The grievances of the diggers at Kalgoorlie bore some resemblance to the grievances of their illus- trious predecessors at Eureka . Like them the alluvial diggers at Kalgoorlie and on surrounding fields like Kanowna were doomed ...
Page 161
... fields . But the appetite of Leviathan increased with eating . In the last quarter of 1897 the mining companies asked the government of Western Australia to prohibit alluvial diggers from pegging claims on their leases . Believing such ...
... fields . But the appetite of Leviathan increased with eating . In the last quarter of 1897 the mining companies asked the government of Western Australia to prohibit alluvial diggers from pegging claims on their leases . Believing such ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Copyright | |
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