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Page 84
... thousand Victorians went by sea to the Tropic of Capricorn , to a goldfield known variously as Canoona , Port Curtis ... thousand people . Then the snow fell and gullywinds blew down tents and melting snow flooded claims in the creeks ...
... thousand Victorians went by sea to the Tropic of Capricorn , to a goldfield known variously as Canoona , Port Curtis ... thousand people . Then the snow fell and gullywinds blew down tents and melting snow flooded claims in the creeks ...
Page 120
... thousand Cornish dead . Broken Hill has long had unjustified reputation as the wildest city in the land . The towns which most influenced Broken Hill were Moonta and Kadina , and in their day they were known as the most religious towns ...
... thousand Cornish dead . Broken Hill has long had unjustified reputation as the wildest city in the land . The towns which most influenced Broken Hill were Moonta and Kadina , and in their day they were known as the most religious towns ...
Page 196
... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
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