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... Hobart . A fast mail steamer leaving Hobart at the same time would have steamed to London and halfway back again in seventy - nine days , even in that era of slow travelling . In these circumstances freight was dear and provisions were ...
... Hobart . A fast mail steamer leaving Hobart at the same time would have steamed to London and halfway back again in seventy - nine days , even in that era of slow travelling . In these circumstances freight was dear and provisions were ...
Page 114
... Hobart was the first port which threatened to wrest the trade of the copper - field from Strahan . In 1896 two rival companies lobbied for permission to build railways from Hobart to the west . The Great Western Railway Company ...
... Hobart was the first port which threatened to wrest the trade of the copper - field from Strahan . In 1896 two rival companies lobbied for permission to build railways from Hobart to the west . The Great Western Railway Company ...
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... Hobart to Strahan or make the tiring journey from Hobart to Queenstown on four different railway systems , a 380 - mile journey that took thirty - five and a half hours . He became a strong advocate for a road or railway from Hobart to ...
... Hobart to Strahan or make the tiring journey from Hobart to Queenstown on four different railway systems , a 380 - mile journey that took thirty - five and a half hours . He became a strong advocate for a road or railway from Hobart to ...
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A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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