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Page 62
... largest city in Australia and for half a century it led Sydney and entrenched itself as the nation's financial capital . Gold confirmed the dominance of the south - east corner of the continent ; Victoria itself had half Australia's ...
... largest city in Australia and for half a century it led Sydney and entrenched itself as the nation's financial capital . Gold confirmed the dominance of the south - east corner of the continent ; Victoria itself had half Australia's ...
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... largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than half of its export wealth was coming from mines . The mistline drifted above and below Mount Bischoff ...
... largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than half of its export wealth was coming from mines . The mistline drifted above and below Mount Bischoff ...
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... largest dumps along the line of lode and in 1904 they held about £ 11 million of metals which the process could reasonably be expected to extract . B.H.P. and Potter fought for four years until the Supreme Court of Victoria ruled in ...
... largest dumps along the line of lode and in 1904 they held about £ 11 million of metals which the process could reasonably be expected to extract . B.H.P. and Potter fought for four years until the Supreme Court of Victoria ruled in ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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