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Page 56
... boom was almost over and the silver boom had petered out . For four more years the Australian economy shakily revolved , its gilt edge tarnished and its core propped up by im- ports of English capital . The silver - fields of Zeehan and ...
... boom was almost over and the silver boom had petered out . For four more years the Australian economy shakily revolved , its gilt edge tarnished and its core propped up by im- ports of English capital . The silver - fields of Zeehan and ...
Page 79
... boom journalism , for the Mt Lyell Co. had sponsored this special edition of the Herald to acquaint its two thousand shareholders of the opening ceremonies . Yet these sentiments thundered through the mining columns of most papers in ...
... boom journalism , for the Mt Lyell Co. had sponsored this special edition of the Herald to acquaint its two thousand shareholders of the opening ceremonies . Yet these sentiments thundered through the mining columns of most papers in ...
Page 80
... boom , the last great mining boom of the century . The economic atmosphere was favourable for a mining bubble . Australia was slowly recovering from the bank crash and the great depression , and thousands of investors had money to ...
... boom , the last great mining boom of the century . The economic atmosphere was favourable for a mining bubble . Australia was slowly recovering from the bank crash and the great depression , and thousands of investors had money 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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