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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User Review - nandadevi - LibraryThingThe history of mining is central to Australian history, from the gold rushes of the 1860's which brought hundreds of thousand of immigrants, to the mountain ranges of iron ore and immense natural gas ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The GoldSeekers 1 Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
A Little Excitement | 13 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | 4, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0522845576, 9780522845570 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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