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... Crotty . Excitable , clever , and courageous , Crotty had levered boulders from the original Iron Blow , had been so excited by its gold that he promised to buy Ireland for Parnell . When Bowes Kelly and his Barrier friends took over ...
... Crotty . Excitable , clever , and courageous , Crotty had levered boulders from the original Iron Blow , had been so excited by its gold that he promised to buy Ireland for Parnell . When Bowes Kelly and his Barrier friends took over ...
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... Crotty's journals unscrupulously criticized every proposed railway , he quietly planned his own . His North Lyell railway would run from Macquarie Harbour through the gentler country on the east side of the mountain range , linking his ...
... Crotty's journals unscrupulously criticized every proposed railway , he quietly planned his own . His North Lyell railway would run from Macquarie Harbour through the gentler country on the east side of the mountain range , linking his ...
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... Crotty , the North Lyell had another outbreak of dis- sent . MacArthur and his Scottish friends resigned , and new directors explored the chance of a merger . The private rail motors dashed through the forest between Queenstown and the ...
... Crotty , the North Lyell had another outbreak of dis- sent . MacArthur and his Scottish friends resigned , and new directors explored the chance of a merger . The private rail motors dashed through the forest between Queenstown and the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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