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Page 60
... discovery of distinct goldfields also virtually ceased in the early 1860s , the packhorse bells of the fine Irish prospec- tors in the mountains from Woods Point to Walhalla sounding the knell . However , important discoveries in old ...
... discovery of distinct goldfields also virtually ceased in the early 1860s , the packhorse bells of the fine Irish prospec- tors in the mountains from Woods Point to Walhalla sounding the knell . However , important discoveries in old ...
Page 144
... discovery he formally applied at the warden's office in Silverton for the seventh lease . The syndicate thus got two miles ( less ten chains ) along the line of a lode that was to prove richer , for each foot of lode , than any metal ...
... discovery he formally applied at the warden's office in Silverton for the seventh lease . The syndicate thus got two miles ( less ten chains ) along the line of a lode that was to prove richer , for each foot of lode , than any metal ...
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... Discovery of Gold in Australia ( Sir R. Murchison's Claim ) ; Select Committee on the Gold Fields ' Management Bill 1861 , vol . 2 , Select Committee on the Claims of the Reverend W. B. Clarke 1871-2 , vol . 2 , Royal Commission of ...
... Discovery of Gold in Australia ( Sir R. Murchison's Claim ) ; Select Committee on the Gold Fields ' Management Bill 1861 , vol . 2 , Select Committee on the Claims of the Reverend W. B. Clarke 1871-2 , vol . 2 , Royal Commission of ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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