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... wrote again five days later . He said that the ' excitement in Bathurst among all classes is intense ' . Hundreds of men had gone or were about to go to the diggings , and so many were taking firearms that he feared that all the ...
... wrote again five days later . He said that the ' excitement in Bathurst among all classes is intense ' . Hundreds of men had gone or were about to go to the diggings , and so many were taking firearms that he feared that all the ...
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... wrote his first despatch to England on the new discoveries and suggested that Hargraves was exaggerating the gold for his own ends and that his gold came from California . But before his despatch was put on board a ship bound for ...
... wrote his first despatch to England on the new discoveries and suggested that Hargraves was exaggerating the gold for his own ends and that his gold came from California . But before his despatch was put on board a ship bound for ...
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... wrote from Walhalla in the mountains of Gippsland , a Ballarat promoter wrote . and a Bendigo mine manager named John Westcott petitioned with influential Adelaide men . Cabinet refused Westcott's offer to report on the new gold finds ...
... wrote from Walhalla in the mountains of Gippsland , a Ballarat promoter wrote . and a Bendigo mine manager named John Westcott petitioned with influential Adelaide men . Cabinet refused Westcott's offer to report on the new gold finds ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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