The Rise of Broken HillThe story of the men who made and spent their fortunes, and of the miners who won that fortune from the Hill. |
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... horses for the coaching service rested , were also a magnet for flies . The yards were fenced with boughs and brushwood , and at the foot of the fence was an embankment of earth and horse manure which deflected the winter winds or the ...
... horses for the coaching service rested , were also a magnet for flies . The yards were fenced with boughs and brushwood , and at the foot of the fence was an embankment of earth and horse manure which deflected the winter winds or the ...
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... horses . In 1909 one of his horses ran second to the King's horse in the Derby . In 1910 his horse Lemberg won the Derby from the Earl of Rosebery's horse , and his photograph in contemporary sporting journals reveals a neat man ...
... horses . In 1909 one of his horses ran second to the King's horse in the Derby . In 1910 his horse Lemberg won the Derby from the Earl of Rosebery's horse , and his photograph in contemporary sporting journals reveals a neat man ...
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... horse - racing . He must have spent more on that sport than any other Australian in the 1890s . He turned the St Albans stud near Geelong into the most success- ful in the land and raced many of his own horses with success , though not ...
... horse - racing . He must have spent more on that sport than any other Australian in the 1890s . He turned the St Albans stud near Geelong into the most success- ful in the land and raced many of his own horses with success , though not ...
Contents
Illustrations | 7 |
The Magnates | 33 |
End of the Honeymoon | 49 |
Copyright | |
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