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... wrote later in his ghosted autobiography , ' the more anxious did I become to put my own persuasion to the test , the existence of gold in New South Wales . ' In fact he was not a lucky digger ; he was not even energetic . A man of his ...
... wrote later in his ghosted autobiography , ' the more anxious did I become to put my own persuasion to the test , the existence of gold in New South Wales . ' In fact he was not a lucky digger ; he was not even energetic . A man of his ...
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... wrote again five days later . He said that the ' excitement in Bathurst among all classes is intense ' . Hundreds of men had gone or were about to go to the diggings , and so many were taking firearms that he feared that all the ...
... wrote again five days later . He said that the ' excitement in Bathurst among all classes is intense ' . Hundreds of men had gone or were about to go to the diggings , and so many were taking firearms that he feared that all the ...
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... wrote his first despatch to England on the new discoveries and suggested that Hargraves was exaggerating the gold for his own ends and that his gold came from California . But before his despatch was put on board a ship bound for ...
... wrote his first despatch to England on the new discoveries and suggested that Hargraves was exaggerating the gold for his own ends and that his gold came from California . But before his despatch was put on board a ship bound for ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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