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A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. D 4 BALLARAT'S DITCH OF PERDITION IGGERS WHO VISITED Ballarat late in 1852 saw it reviving . The exodus from Ballarat to new rushes had burnt itself out , and diggers who knew the charming ...
A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. D 4 BALLARAT'S DITCH OF PERDITION IGGERS WHO VISITED Ballarat late in 1852 saw it reviving . The exodus from Ballarat to new rushes had burnt itself out , and diggers who knew the charming ...
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... Ballarat : small companies of ten or twelve working shareholders and perhaps an equal number of sleeping shareholders . A royal commission visiting Ballarat at the end of 1854 saw the remarkable rise of syndicates and companies , saw ...
... Ballarat : small companies of ten or twelve working shareholders and perhaps an equal number of sleeping shareholders . A royal commission visiting Ballarat at the end of 1854 saw the remarkable rise of syndicates and companies , saw ...
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... Ballarat's volcanic plains long before the diggers came . Rich with wool they were finally attracted to gold and paid £ 1,000 for the New Enter- prise mine at East Ballarat in 1863. After eighteen months they sold out for £ 3,000 to the ...
... Ballarat's volcanic plains long before the diggers came . Rich with wool they were finally attracted to gold and paid £ 1,000 for the New Enter- prise mine at East Ballarat in 1863. After eighteen months they sold out for £ 3,000 to the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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