Mines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount Isa MinesMarco, a young loyalist peasant-soldier, falls in love with Norma, a rebel spy, during the Spanish Civil War. They struggle against a powerful enemy blockade that is preventing the delivery of food in a battle that could change the course of the war. |
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... exploration to make them known . In August 1860 an expedition left Melbourne with picked men and horses and camels to find new land for Victoria's restless population ; the leader , Robert O'Hara Burke , was a confident , dashing ...
... exploration to make them known . In August 1860 an expedition left Melbourne with picked men and horses and camels to find new land for Victoria's restless population ; the leader , Robert O'Hara Burke , was a confident , dashing ...
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... exploration would be costly until the workings of the Black Star mine went deep enough to form a convenient base for prospecting the copper . It can there- fore be understood why the company took years to learn the vastness of the ...
... exploration would be costly until the workings of the Black Star mine went deep enough to form a convenient base for prospecting the copper . It can there- fore be understood why the company took years to learn the vastness of the ...
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... exploration , 3-5 ; land exploration , 5-7 ; first settlements , 8-10 , 12 , 14 , 15 ; tele- graph lines , 35-6 ; inland railways , 37-44 , 108-11 , 177-8 ; pipe line , 218 ; see also Burketown and Normanton Hall , Graham , 201 , 214-15 ...
... exploration , 3-5 ; land exploration , 5-7 ; first settlements , 8-10 , 12 , 14 , 15 ; tele- graph lines , 35-6 ; inland railways , 37-44 , 108-11 , 177-8 ; pipe line , 218 ; see also Burketown and Normanton Hall , Graham , 201 , 214-15 ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Copper of the Kalkadoons | 18 |
The Duchess and the Hermit | 28 |
Copyright | |
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