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... Victoria as a gold producer but its annual tally of gold far surpassed that of New South Wales from 1874 onwards . In half of the years from 1873 to 1906 Queensland's exports of gold and metals exceeded wool . And the impact of gold on ...
... Victoria as a gold producer but its annual tally of gold far surpassed that of New South Wales from 1874 onwards . In half of the years from 1873 to 1906 Queensland's exports of gold and metals exceeded wool . And the impact of gold on ...
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... VICTORIA The most important group of papers on the Victorian goldfields were reports and enquiries sponsored by the Victorian parliament and printed in its Votes and Proceedings . Usually the evidence was printed with the report and for ...
... VICTORIA The most important group of papers on the Victorian goldfields were reports and enquiries sponsored by the Victorian parliament and printed in its Votes and Proceedings . Usually the evidence was printed with the report and for ...
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... Victoria Government Gazette from 1871 lists the occupations of share- holders in the new ' no liability ' mining companies . The Victorian Year Book ( 1875- ) and the Censuses of the Colony of Victoria are also valuable . Mines ...
... Victoria Government Gazette from 1871 lists the occupations of share- holders in the new ' no liability ' mining companies . The Victorian Year Book ( 1875- ) and the Censuses of the Colony of Victoria are also valuable . Mines ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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