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... British investors their own pride and optimism swelled . They built offices and shops and banks and stock exchange ... British capital . It proclaimed to Australian mining promoters that British sovereigns might be more profitable than ...
... British investors their own pride and optimism swelled . They built offices and shops and banks and stock exchange ... British capital . It proclaimed to Australian mining promoters that British sovereigns might be more profitable than ...
Page 221
... British Broken Hill . This time his offer to sell to British investors 150,000 Mount Lyell shares at £ 3 each was hopeless when they could buy the same shares in Melbourne for little more than £ 1 . His offer of preference shares was ...
... British Broken Hill . This time his offer to sell to British investors 150,000 Mount Lyell shares at £ 3 each was hopeless when they could buy the same shares in Melbourne for little more than £ 1 . His offer of preference shares was ...
Page 250
... British money . In the world recession of the early 1890s Britain no longer lent so much money to foreign governments , railway com- panies , foreign banks and financial houses ; and as mining was one of the few alternative investments ...
... British money . In the world recession of the early 1890s Britain no longer lent so much money to foreign governments , railway com- panies , foreign banks and financial houses ; and as mining was one of the few alternative investments ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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