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Geoffrey Blainey. gings would turn to western Tasmania , that the western sky would glow with the camp - fires of thousands of diggers , winning the yellow metal in a new Gabriel's Gully beyond the moun- tains . In May the government ...
Geoffrey Blainey. gings would turn to western Tasmania , that the western sky would glow with the camp - fires of thousands of diggers , winning the yellow metal in a new Gabriel's Gully beyond the moun- tains . In May the government ...
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... Western Railway Company , promoted in Melbourne , planned an electric railway from Glenora to Mt Lyell and Zeehan ... western railway system . The politicians ignored his wise advice . Like the politicians of Transvaal and Western ...
... Western Railway Company , promoted in Melbourne , planned an electric railway from Glenora to Mt Lyell and Zeehan ... western railway system . The politicians ignored his wise advice . Like the politicians of Transvaal and Western ...
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... western rail- way , who waged a successful parliamentary campaign with the motto , “ Tasmania for the Tasmanians ... Western Company dawdled and the boom in copper shares grew louder , Hobart merchants were awakened by activity at the ...
... western rail- way , who waged a successful parliamentary campaign with the motto , “ Tasmania for the Tasmanians ... Western Company dawdled and the boom in copper shares grew louder , Hobart merchants were awakened by activity at the ...
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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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