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... returned with his gold pouch empty , and began to study the geology of eastern Tasmania . Among the many who awaited Gould's return was Gabriel Read , a young Tasmanian who had washed gold in California and Victoria , and returned to ...
... returned with his gold pouch empty , and began to study the geology of eastern Tasmania . Among the many who awaited Gould's return was Gabriel Read , a young Tasmanian who had washed gold in California and Victoria , and returned to ...
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... returned to the " wallaby track ” , crossing the Queen River on felled saplings and climbing slopes by grabbing tree roots and branches . The high cost of provisions almost froze mining activity , but each summer the tracks improved and ...
... returned to the " wallaby track ” , crossing the Queen River on felled saplings and climbing slopes by grabbing tree roots and branches . The high cost of provisions almost froze mining activity , but each summer the tracks improved and ...
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... returned from the bush north of the Pieman with fine specimens of copper pyrites . He pegged and prospected four hundred acres in the Norfolk Range , trans- ferring his men to Frankland River , Hazelton and South Balfour in 1909 ...
... returned from the bush north of the Pieman with fine specimens of copper pyrites . He pegged and prospected four hundred acres in the Norfolk Range , trans- ferring his men to Frankland River , Hazelton and South Balfour in 1909 ...
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