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... creek in front of a bark - roofed hut , the birth of the mining town of Beechworth . It was 160 miles north - east of Melbourne , close to the main road to Sydney , and thousands came from New South Wales late in 1852 and pitched tents ...
... creek in front of a bark - roofed hut , the birth of the mining town of Beechworth . It was 160 miles north - east of Melbourne , close to the main road to Sydney , and thousands came from New South Wales late in 1852 and pitched tents ...
Page 162
... Creek and spread their news in that waning goldfield there was excitement . Adam Johns , a mine manager at Pine Creek , and his mate Phil Saunders had had poor luck and they decided to risk their savings in the expensive search for gold ...
... Creek and spread their news in that waning goldfield there was excitement . Adam Johns , a mine manager at Pine Creek , and his mate Phil Saunders had had poor luck and they decided to risk their savings in the expensive search for gold ...
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... Creek . For sixty years it had been a lonely repeating station on the overland telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin , and the little community at the telegraph and the few travellers had occasionally observed signs of minerals on the ...
... Creek . For sixty years it had been a lonely repeating station on the overland telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin , and the little community at the telegraph and the few travellers had occasionally observed signs of minerals on the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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