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It became Australia's most profitable railway and paid £4 on every £1 share in its
first nine years. Its chance success fired Reid with an incurable optimism for
mining railways; and he promoted the Tarrawingee line at Broken Hill, and then ...
It became Australia's most profitable railway and paid £4 on every £1 share in its
first nine years. Its chance success fired Reid with an incurable optimism for
mining railways; and he promoted the Tarrawingee line at Broken Hill, and then ...
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miles of railway and to build smelters at Devonport or Launceston in return for a
grant of half-a-million acres. It would smelt ore from the northern copperfields—
Cutty Sark, Colebrook, Rosebery, and, above all, Lake Dora, “where mineral ...
miles of railway and to build smelters at Devonport or Launceston in return for a
grant of half-a-million acres. It would smelt ore from the northern copperfields—
Cutty Sark, Colebrook, Rosebery, and, above all, Lake Dora, “where mineral ...
Page 115
In June 1899 , navvies building the railway along the shores of the harbour saw
the graceful steamship North Lyell make her maiden voyage to Kelly Basin with
locomotives and wagons for the new railway . It was her one and only voyage ...
In June 1899 , navvies building the railway along the shores of the harbour saw
the graceful steamship North Lyell make her maiden voyage to Kelly Basin with
locomotives and wagons for the new railway . It was her one and only voyage ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Peaks of Lyell |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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