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Page 179
... mile , then the 40 - mile , a hop , step and a jump to the 90 - mile , later known as Goongarrie . Forty men hired an Afghan to take their swags the ninety miles on his string of camels , and he charged them a shilling a pound for their ...
... mile , then the 40 - mile , a hop , step and a jump to the 90 - mile , later known as Goongarrie . Forty men hired an Afghan to take their swags the ninety miles on his string of camels , and he charged them a shilling a pound for their ...
Page 324
... Miles arrived too late at his first gold rush . He was always patient and leisurely , liked to watch the billy boil ... Miles looked for a camping place and suddenly his packhorse smelled water and ran down to the watercourse and ...
... Miles arrived too late at his first gold rush . He was always patient and leisurely , liked to watch the billy boil ... Miles looked for a camping place and suddenly his packhorse smelled water and ran down to the watercourse and ...
Page 351
... miles of standard- gauge railway were laid in exactly a year . A longer railway of 265 miles is about to link Port Hedland and Mount Newman ; hitherto the longest railway built by a mining company in Australia was 103 miles of narrow ...
... miles of standard- gauge railway were laid in exactly a year . A longer railway of 265 miles is about to link Port Hedland and Mount Newman ; hitherto the longest railway built by a mining company in Australia was 103 miles of narrow ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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