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... thousand Victorians went by sea to the Tropic of Capricorn , to a goldfield known variously as Canoona , Port Curtis ... thousand people . Then the snow fell and gullywinds blew down tents and melting snow flooded claims in the creeks ...
... thousand Victorians went by sea to the Tropic of Capricorn , to a goldfield known variously as Canoona , Port Curtis ... thousand people . Then the snow fell and gullywinds blew down tents and melting snow flooded claims in the creeks ...
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... thousand Cornish dead . Broken Hill has long had unjustified reputation as the wildest city in the land . The towns which most influenced Broken Hill were Moonta and Kadina , and in their day they were known as the most religious towns ...
... thousand Cornish dead . Broken Hill has long had unjustified reputation as the wildest city in the land . The towns which most influenced Broken Hill were Moonta and Kadina , and in their day they were known as the most religious towns ...
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... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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