The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining |
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Page 189
... Investors who suffer most in a mining mania are those who buy late , not early . Even after the lid had blown from the golden hole Western Aus- tralian companies were floated daily in London . Sharebuyers saw no lesson down the golden ...
... Investors who suffer most in a mining mania are those who buy late , not early . Even after the lid had blown from the golden hole Western Aus- tralian companies were floated daily in London . Sharebuyers saw no lesson down the golden ...
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... investors rarely bought shares in mines outside their own district or colony . In the 1880s the scope for investing in new mines within two hundred miles of Melbourne , Adelaide or Sydney was narrowing , so speculators had to invest in ...
... investors rarely bought shares in mines outside their own district or colony . In the 1880s the scope for investing in new mines within two hundred miles of Melbourne , Adelaide or Sydney was narrowing , so speculators had to invest in ...
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... investors between 1910 and 1930. Thus thousands of Australians who might otherwise have bought shares in new Australian mining companies invested instead in old . And the boards of the old and rich mines increasingly spent their profits ...
... investors between 1910 and 1930. Thus thousands of Australians who might otherwise have bought shares in new Australian mining companies invested instead in old . And the boards of the old and rich mines increasingly spent their profits ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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