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 87
... Northern Territory . From the cliffs of Darwin a copper cable slipped into the sea and crossed to Java and Asia to join the telegraphic web of the northern hemisphere . From those same cliffs a wire spun south on a line of wooden posts ...
... Northern Territory . From the cliffs of Darwin a copper cable slipped into the sea and crossed to Java and Asia to join the telegraphic web of the northern hemisphere . From those same cliffs a wire spun south on a line of wooden posts ...
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... Northern Territory outnumbered Europeans by seven to one , and the Government Resident at Darwin advised southern diggers to keep away . At last the Territory had what its enthusiasts and sponsors had long craved - an expanding ...
... Northern Territory outnumbered Europeans by seven to one , and the Government Resident at Darwin advised southern diggers to keep away . At last the Territory had what its enthusiasts and sponsors had long craved - an expanding ...
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... Northern Territory mines ( 1891 , no . 178 and 1892 , no . 32 ) , report and evidence of royal commission on the Northern Territory ( 1895 , no . 19 ) , the government geologist's Report on Explorations ( 1895 , no . 82 ) , A. A. ...
... Northern Territory mines ( 1891 , no . 178 and 1892 , no . 32 ) , report and evidence of royal commission on the Northern Territory ( 1895 , no . 19 ) , the government geologist's Report on Explorations ( 1895 , no . 82 ) , A. A. ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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