The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningMaps on lining papers Includes index Bibliography: p 344-357. |
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Page 11
... walked a shepherd boy named Chapman with some 38 ounces of gold that he had found on Glen- mona station near the present town of Amherst , a hundred miles north - west of Melbourne . Not the first man to find gold in those ranges , he ...
... walked a shepherd boy named Chapman with some 38 ounces of gold that he had found on Glen- mona station near the present town of Amherst , a hundred miles north - west of Melbourne . Not the first man to find gold in those ranges , he ...
Page 177
... walked thirty - eight miles one hot day to reach the next waterhole . At Southern Cross he bought tools and stores and walked out into the hot white sand carrying miner's dish , shovel , pick , saw and twenty pounds of provisions - the ...
... walked thirty - eight miles one hot day to reach the next waterhole . At Southern Cross he bought tools and stores and walked out into the hot white sand carrying miner's dish , shovel , pick , saw and twenty pounds of provisions - the ...
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... walked in daylight to the smelters with a hurricane lamp and some walked all day without finding the smelters . Fire blackened the hills , sulphur killed new growth and rain scoured the topsoil , and those green valleys that the ...
... walked in daylight to the smelters with a hurricane lamp and some walked all day without finding the smelters . Fire blackened the hills , sulphur killed new growth and rain scoured the topsoil , and those green valleys that the ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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