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Page 106
... Adelaide at the start of 1841 the people who sat on the shaded sides of their houses on summer evenings may have seen smoke rising to the east . On a steep hill only four miles from Adelaide smoke from burning grass signalled the birth ...
... Adelaide at the start of 1841 the people who sat on the shaded sides of their houses on summer evenings may have seen smoke rising to the east . On a steep hill only four miles from Adelaide smoke from burning grass signalled the birth ...
Page 113
... Adelaide anxiously wrote to the chief : captain : ' How are the men affected by the late news from Mel- bourne ? ' The men were very much affected ; and the company had to enforce the Cornish custom of not paying the tribute money to ...
... Adelaide anxiously wrote to the chief : captain : ' How are the men affected by the late news from Mel- bourne ? ' The men were very much affected ; and the company had to enforce the Cornish custom of not paying the tribute money to ...
Page 181
... Adelaide . They said share syndicates were sometimes formed in the vestry after church , and it was certainly true that Adelaide stock exchange was strong in mining even before it became a leading 1 market in Broken Hill shares in the ...
... Adelaide . They said share syndicates were sometimes formed in the vestry after church , and it was certainly true that Adelaide stock exchange was strong in mining even before it became a leading 1 market in Broken Hill shares in the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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