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... Investors who suffer most in a mining mania are those who buy late , not early . Even after the lid had blown from the golden hole Western Aus- tralian companies were floated daily in London . Sharebuyers saw no lesson down the golden ...
... Investors who suffer most in a mining mania are those who buy late , not early . Even after the lid had blown from the golden hole Western Aus- tralian companies were floated daily in London . Sharebuyers saw no lesson down the golden ...
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... investors rarely bought shares in mines outside their own district or colony . In the 1880s the scope for investing in new mines within two hundred miles of Melbourne , Adelaide or Sydney was narrowing , so speculators had to invest in ...
... investors rarely bought shares in mines outside their own district or colony . In the 1880s the scope for investing in new mines within two hundred miles of Melbourne , Adelaide or Sydney was narrowing , so speculators had to invest in ...
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... investor had lost his gambling sense ... The investors said government royalties and taxes and the extortion- ate demands of the miners had killed the goose . . . miners said the companies were inefficient , would not These complaints ...
... investor had lost his gambling sense ... The investors said government royalties and taxes and the extortion- ate demands of the miners had killed the goose . . . miners said the companies were inefficient , would not These complaints ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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