The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningMaps on lining papers Includes index Bibliography: p 344-357. |
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... gambling but tolerated gambling in mining shares because it was vital to their towns . Mining scrip was so respectable that stock exchanges rivalled racecourses except when the Mel- bourne Cup drew near . The near approach of the Spring ...
... gambling but tolerated gambling in mining shares because it was vital to their towns . Mining scrip was so respectable that stock exchanges rivalled racecourses except when the Mel- bourne Cup drew near . The near approach of the Spring ...
Page 289
... gambling system . Governments prowling for easy revenue encouraged public lotteries that fed like parasites on a gambling instinct that had once flowed to a socially useful form of gambling . Workingmen and shopkeepers in the mining ...
... gambling system . Governments prowling for easy revenue encouraged public lotteries that fed like parasites on a gambling instinct that had once flowed to a socially useful form of gambling . Workingmen and shopkeepers in the mining ...
Page 340
... gambling in Aus- tralia , no thought seems to have been given to the probable effect of diverting the gambling will from a useful branch to the mistletoe . It is forgotten that people of humble means once invested freely in risky mining ...
... gambling in Aus- tralia , no thought seems to have been given to the probable effect of diverting the gambling will from a useful branch to the mistletoe . It is forgotten that people of humble means once invested freely in risky mining ...
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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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