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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... sheep and shepherds . Within thirty years of the first settlement Sydney sheep owners had crossed the Blue Mountains to the inland plains and their sheep nibbled grass near gold nuggets and reefs of gold in milky quartz . Within fifty ...
... sheep and shepherds . Within thirty years of the first settlement Sydney sheep owners had crossed the Blue Mountains to the inland plains and their sheep nibbled grass near gold nuggets and reefs of gold in milky quartz . Within fifty ...
Page 114
... sheep across the thigh of the leg of land . From his homestead near the beach at Wallaroo he saw the placid sea ... sheep runs was at Watervale , south of Burra , and he sought copper there and on his sheep run at the top of Yorke ...
... sheep across the thigh of the leg of land . From his homestead near the beach at Wallaroo he saw the placid sea ... sheep runs was at Watervale , south of Burra , and he sought copper there and on his sheep run at the top of Yorke ...
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... sheep about five miles from the coast when he found , amongst the earth and pebbles thrown up from a wombat's hole , a green stone as small as a pea . He showed it to Hughes who identified it as carbonate of copper . The summer of 1859 ...
... sheep about five miles from the coast when he found , amongst the earth and pebbles thrown up from a wombat's hole , a green stone as small as a pea . He showed it to Hughes who identified it as carbonate of copper . The summer of 1859 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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