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Page 47
... river flowed gently , dropping thirty or forty feet to the mile , the gold was spread evenly through the gravel that rested on the hard rock . Where the river had narrowed or curved , or crossed a bar of resisting rock , huge nuggets ...
... river flowed gently , dropping thirty or forty feet to the mile , the gold was spread evenly through the gravel that rested on the hard rock . Where the river had narrowed or curved , or crossed a bar of resisting rock , huge nuggets ...
Page 83
... rivers of gold lay beneath the golden wheat and basalt bedrock , and in 1872 a golden river was found near Spring Hill . Loughlin and Bailey rode in their buggy to see the new shafts in the wheat paddocks and decided that the buried river ...
... rivers of gold lay beneath the golden wheat and basalt bedrock , and in 1872 a golden river was found near Spring Hill . Loughlin and Bailey rode in their buggy to see the new shafts in the wheat paddocks and decided that the buried river ...
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... river with fencing wire , corrugated iron , flour and sugar and all the provisions for the sheep stations . When the river dried the steamers lay months in the mud and when the river flooded they sometimes wandered far from the banks ...
... river with fencing wire , corrugated iron , flour and sugar and all the provisions for the sheep stations . When the river dried the steamers lay months in the mud and when the river flooded they sometimes wandered far from the banks ...
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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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