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... capital and accelerating their decline . It is likely that the growth of Australian trade and manufactures dislocated the goldfields rather than the decline of the goldfields created problems in the cities . Recent scholars have had a ...
... capital and accelerating their decline . It is likely that the growth of Australian trade and manufactures dislocated the goldfields rather than the decline of the goldfields created problems in the cities . Recent scholars have had a ...
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... capital . Given the nature of Bendigo's reefs and given the practice of dispensing the profits as soon as they were earned , Bendigo's prosperity fluctuated . As the price of gold was fixed , gold was therefore a relatively attractive ...
... capital . Given the nature of Bendigo's reefs and given the practice of dispensing the profits as soon as they were earned , Bendigo's prosperity fluctuated . As the price of gold was fixed , gold was therefore a relatively attractive ...
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... capital . De Bernales failed to raise the capital in France on the eve of World War I , but in the 1920s his company finally found that a complicated process entailing grinding , floating , roasting , cyaniding , and smelting would ...
... capital . De Bernales failed to raise the capital in France on the eve of World War I , but in the 1920s his company finally found that a complicated process entailing grinding , floating , roasting , cyaniding , and smelting would ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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