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... Burra had its white chimney with smoke blowing like a horse's mane on windy lays as a beacon to teamsters hauling coal from Port Adelaide or to nule teams that later carried coal from the company's new port of Port Wakefield . In the ...
... Burra had its white chimney with smoke blowing like a horse's mane on windy lays as a beacon to teamsters hauling coal from Port Adelaide or to nule teams that later carried coal from the company's new port of Port Wakefield . In the ...
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... Burra , he refused to let him go underground in the Burra mine . The Burra wanted a copper monopoly , and the sooner the Bon Accord gave up the search the better . Likewise to the south the Burra com pany wanted all minerals on Crown ...
... Burra , he refused to let him go underground in the Burra mine . The Burra wanted a copper monopoly , and the sooner the Bon Accord gave up the search the better . Likewise to the south the Burra com pany wanted all minerals on Crown ...
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... Burra was still renowned for copper . Once the railway reached Burra in 1870 many stations near the Barrier Ranges forsook the river ports and sent their wool by bullock team to Burra . Some of their bullock drivers and carters had once ...
... Burra was still renowned for copper . Once the railway reached Burra in 1870 many stations near the Barrier Ranges forsook the river ports and sent their wool by bullock team to Burra . Some of their bullock drivers and carters had once ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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