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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... Hargraves certainly made his famous trip of 12 February in order to examine an area where he knew gold had already been found . Hence his boast to his young guide at the waterhole before he had even washed a dish of dirt that the gold ...
... Hargraves certainly made his famous trip of 12 February in order to examine an area where he knew gold had already been found . Hence his boast to his young guide at the waterhole before he had even washed a dish of dirt that the gold ...
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... Hargraves showed them how to rock the cradle so that the heavy gold was retained while the lighter gravel and earth escaped . As they found no gold in the valley the three Tom brothers loaded the cradle weighing a hundredweight on a ...
... Hargraves showed them how to rock the cradle so that the heavy gold was retained while the lighter gravel and earth escaped . As they found no gold in the valley the three Tom brothers loaded the cradle weighing a hundredweight on a ...
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... Hargraves , ' if you work you will dirty the water , and when shepherds come to water their sheep you are sure to be discovered . ' If all they wanted was secure tenure of the richest ground , Hargraves could easily arrange it . Im ...
... Hargraves , ' if you work you will dirty the water , and when shepherds come to water their sheep you are sure to be discovered . ' If all they wanted was secure tenure of the richest ground , Hargraves could easily arrange it . Im ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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