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... Heemskirk and Zeehan , landmarks on the mountainous west coast of Tasmania . Tasman gave the sailor a pot of arrack rum and called the new land " van Diemenslandt " . Buried on the slopes of Mt. Heemskirk within sound of the ocean were ...
... Heemskirk and Zeehan , landmarks on the mountainous west coast of Tasmania . Tasman gave the sailor a pot of arrack rum and called the new land " van Diemenslandt " . Buried on the slopes of Mt. Heemskirk within sound of the ocean were ...
Page 14
... Heemskirk . Sprent's favourable report roused Tasmanian investors , and they sent three parties to Heemskirk in the following spring . Owen Meredith , a young Tas- manian who had won his spurs in the golden gullies of New Zea- land ...
... Heemskirk . Sprent's favourable report roused Tasmanian investors , and they sent three parties to Heemskirk in the following spring . Owen Meredith , a young Tas- manian who had won his spurs in the golden gullies of New Zea- land ...
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... Heemskirk survived the shock . There was plenty of genuine tin on the mountain slopes , and every week of the following sum- mer some rich find excited the public . In 1879 a rich lode was found on the surface at South Heemskirk , and ...
... Heemskirk survived the shock . There was plenty of genuine tin on the mountain slopes , and every week of the following sum- mer some rich find excited the public . In 1879 a rich lode was found on the surface at South Heemskirk , and ...
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