The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningThree decades after publication, The Rush that Never Ended provides an account of an important part of Australia's economic history. New chapters tell the story of the changes in mining in the last 20 years. |
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Page 84
... China were hundreds of villages that fattened on the yellow diet , for numerically the Chinese dominated the Queensland goldfields in the seventies . From Ballarat to the Palmer was halfway to the Equator , and a Chinese dragon stalked ...
... China were hundreds of villages that fattened on the yellow diet , for numerically the Chinese dominated the Queensland goldfields in the seventies . From Ballarat to the Palmer was halfway to the Equator , and a Chinese dragon stalked ...
Page 85
... Chinese down the Buckland Valley and wrecked or burned tents and Chinese grocery and joss house . At the New South Wales goldfield of Young in the summer of 1860-1 two Chinese miners were killed and ten wounded in attacks led by armed ...
... Chinese down the Buckland Valley and wrecked or burned tents and Chinese grocery and joss house . At the New South Wales goldfield of Young in the summer of 1860-1 two Chinese miners were killed and ten wounded in attacks led by armed ...
Page 92
... Chinese : ' They are evaders of the law , liars , cheats , and everything that is bad , and as for cunning you can back them against any white man , and they become very insolent . ' The most curious allegation against the Chinese was ...
... Chinese : ' They are evaders of the law , liars , cheats , and everything that is bad , and as for cunning you can back them against any white man , and they become very insolent . ' The most curious allegation against the Chinese was ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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