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 59
... goldfields . Moreover the discovery of new fields in New South Wales and New Zealand not only diverted British migrants from Victoria but attracted Victoria's more skilful and wealthier miners — the very men Victoria needed . The rise ...
... goldfields . Moreover the discovery of new fields in New South Wales and New Zealand not only diverted British migrants from Victoria but attracted Victoria's more skilful and wealthier miners — the very men Victoria needed . The rise ...
Page 84
... goldfields in the seventies . From Ballarat to the Palmer was halfway to the Equator , and a Chinese dragon stalked the European diggers all that way and nearly swallowed them in the steaming valleys of the Palmer . Chinese diggers had ...
... goldfields in the seventies . From Ballarat to the Palmer was halfway to the Equator , and a Chinese dragon stalked the European diggers all that way and nearly swallowed them in the steaming valleys of the Palmer . Chinese diggers had ...
Page 179
... goldfields . With money won from gold they went to Oodna- datta in South Australia with a third mate named Schmidt , eight pack camels and a few horses , and went west to the goldfields through some of the most cursed desert in the ...
... goldfields . With money won from gold they went to Oodna- datta in South Australia with a third mate named Schmidt , eight pack camels and a few horses , and went west to the goldfields through some of the most cursed desert in the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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