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... colony's 190,000 people possibly no more than 6,000 were on the diggings on any one day in the winter of 1851 ; of the colony's work- force perhaps not more than one in twenty was on the diggings . Nevertheless , that wise civil servant ...
... colony's 190,000 people possibly no more than 6,000 were on the diggings on any one day in the winter of 1851 ; of the colony's work- force perhaps not more than one in twenty was on the diggings . Nevertheless , that wise civil servant ...
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... colony across the desert . At last it called for the soothsayer , and Edward Hammond Hargraves swaggered into ... colonies but its mining history was still written in gilt . When Vic- toria led the world in gold South Australia in some ...
... colony across the desert . At last it called for the soothsayer , and Edward Hammond Hargraves swaggered into ... colonies but its mining history was still written in gilt . When Vic- toria led the world in gold South Australia in some ...
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... colony increased the available money for any new field and possibly strengthened the market for mining shares . Thus in the late 1890s Adelaide , capital of a colony that was poorest in gold , speculated so heavily in gold shares that ...
... colony increased the available money for any new field and possibly strengthened the market for mining shares . Thus in the late 1890s Adelaide , capital of a colony that was poorest in gold , speculated so heavily in gold shares that ...
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