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... ironstone hills and found small leaders of quartz . Sam Pearce was less dogmatic than many around him and , spending all he could spare on lease rents , he pegged hundreds of acres on the iron- stone hills . He sometimes said ' the iron ...
... ironstone hills and found small leaders of quartz . Sam Pearce was less dogmatic than many around him and , spending all he could spare on lease rents , he pegged hundreds of acres on the iron- stone hills . He sometimes said ' the iron ...
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... ironstone outcrop . Karlson , wide - shouldered with fair leonine beard , clambered on to the ironstone and shook into his tin dish some soil from the grass roots . At the nearest waterhole he washed the soil and found fine gold . His ...
... ironstone outcrop . Karlson , wide - shouldered with fair leonine beard , clambered on to the ironstone and shook into his tin dish some soil from the grass roots . At the nearest waterhole he washed the soil and found fine gold . His ...
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... ironstone mined at Iron Knob finally came to rest on the black slag heap at Port Pirie . Not until 1907 did the company tip ironstone in a blast furnace to produce a few tons of pig iron . The ironstone made excellent iron , and five ...
... ironstone mined at Iron Knob finally came to rest on the black slag heap at Port Pirie . Not until 1907 did the company tip ironstone in a blast furnace to produce a few tons of pig iron . The ironstone made excellent iron , and five ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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