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 22
... licence , and over two thousand came and went without buying a licence . Hardy was too tolerant in the eyes of the government . The Colonial Secretary insisted that all men buy a licence before they lifted a spade of earth , and Hardy ...
... licence , and over two thousand came and went without buying a licence . Hardy was too tolerant in the eyes of the government . The Colonial Secretary insisted that all men buy a licence before they lifted a spade of earth , and Hardy ...
Page 49
... licence was gravely unjust to Ballarat miners who earned no gold for six months and who sometimes had to borrow to buy their licence . The Ballarat deep leads nourished the most permanent mining camps in the colony , and as it is always ...
... licence was gravely unjust to Ballarat miners who earned no gold for six months and who sometimes had to borrow to buy their licence . The Ballarat deep leads nourished the most permanent mining camps in the colony , and as it is always ...
Page 52
... licence and had no other jobs to fall back upon . Other goldfields swelled the protest and La Trobe temporarily reduced the licence fee . The agitation against the licence was strong but peaceful , and Lieutenant - Colonel Valiant , who ...
... licence and had no other jobs to fall back upon . Other goldfields swelled the protest and La Trobe temporarily reduced the licence fee . The agitation against the licence was strong but peaceful , and Lieutenant - Colonel Valiant , who ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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