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Page 242
... geologist , Robert Logan Jack , had shaped the think- ing on the nature of the Mount Morgan deposit , and from his first visit in 1884 he had preached that it was exceptional , even unique . This idea was wrong but it had deep effects ...
... geologist , Robert Logan Jack , had shaped the think- ing on the nature of the Mount Morgan deposit , and from his first visit in 1884 he had preached that it was exceptional , even unique . This idea was wrong but it had deep effects ...
Page 319
... geologist , talked with Lasseter and could not glean where he had gone on the trip that led to the finding of the gold - studded reef . When Lasseter reached Alice Springs to begin his last journey he could not answer the questions ...
... geologist , talked with Lasseter and could not glean where he had gone on the trip that led to the finding of the gold - studded reef . When Lasseter reached Alice Springs to begin his last journey he could not answer the questions ...
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... Geologist in 1905 ( 1906 ) , and the mining warden's half - yearly reports on the Northern Territory . Other government publications I used on Territory mining were the Annual Progress Report of the Geological Survey of Western ...
... Geologist in 1905 ( 1906 ) , and the mining warden's half - yearly reports on the Northern Territory . Other government publications I used on Territory mining were the Annual Progress Report of the Geological Survey of Western ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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