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... mile , then the 40 - mile , a hop , step and a jump to the 90 - mile , later known as Goongarrie . Forty men hired an Afghan to take their swags the ninety miles on his string of camels , and he charged them a shilling a pound for their ...
... mile , then the 40 - mile , a hop , step and a jump to the 90 - mile , later known as Goongarrie . Forty men hired an Afghan to take their swags the ninety miles on his string of camels , and he charged them a shilling a pound for their ...
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... miles to Coolgardie with the camels running an even sixteen miles an hour , shouted 4,000 dollars - worth of champagne , and triumphantly wheeled the gold in a barrow from his hotel to the bank . A strong man , a strong barrow , his six ...
... miles to Coolgardie with the camels running an even sixteen miles an hour , shouted 4,000 dollars - worth of champagne , and triumphantly wheeled the gold in a barrow from his hotel to the bank . A strong man , a strong barrow , his six ...
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... Miles arrived too late at his first gold rush . He was always patient and leisurely , liked to watch the billy boil ... Miles looked for a camping place and suddenly his packhorse smelled water and ran down to the watercourse and ...
... Miles arrived too late at his first gold rush . He was always patient and leisurely , liked to watch the billy boil ... Miles looked for a camping place and suddenly his packhorse smelled water and ran down to the watercourse and ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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