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... railway was useless and would soon slide into the river . Such publicity promoted Crotty's plan for his own railway to the copper- field . During the copper boom railway companies seemed as glamorous as copper companies . Many agreed ...
... railway was useless and would soon slide into the river . Such publicity promoted Crotty's plan for his own railway to the copper- field . During the copper boom railway companies seemed as glamorous as copper companies . Many agreed ...
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... railway opened valuable mineral country but after sixty - five years it has not paid a dividend . While Crotty's journals unscrupulously criticized every proposed railway , he quietly planned his own . His North Lyell railway would run ...
... railway opened valuable mineral country but after sixty - five years it has not paid a dividend . While Crotty's journals unscrupulously criticized every proposed railway , he quietly planned his own . His North Lyell railway would run ...
Page 230
... railway and one port and one smelting town would be redundant . In Queenstown the man who had to tar his roof thought seriously whether he should waste the tar . In Crotty the publicans wondered whether to continue building hotels in a ...
... railway and one port and one smelting town would be redundant . In Queenstown the man who had to tar his roof thought seriously whether he should waste the tar . In Crotty the publicans wondered whether to continue building hotels in a ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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