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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... wrote again five days later . He said that the ' excitement in Bathurst among all classes is intense ' . Hundreds of men had gone or were about to go to the diggings , and so many were taking firearms that he feared that all the ...
... wrote again five days later . He said that the ' excitement in Bathurst among all classes is intense ' . Hundreds of men had gone or were about to go to the diggings , and so many were taking firearms that he feared that all the ...
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... wrote his first despatch to England on the new discoveries and suggested that Hargraves was exaggerating the gold for his own ends and that his gold came from California . But before his despatch was put on board a ship bound for ...
... wrote his first despatch to England on the new discoveries and suggested that Hargraves was exaggerating the gold for his own ends and that his gold came from California . But before his despatch was put on board a ship bound for ...
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... wrote more about what they saw . Lord Robert Cecil visited Ben- digo as a lad of twenty - two , long before he was to become Prime Minister of Great Britain and Marquis of Salisbury . With a carpet bag at his feet he rode in a spring ...
... wrote more about what they saw . Lord Robert Cecil visited Ben- digo as a lad of twenty - two , long before he was to become Prime Minister of Great Britain and Marquis of Salisbury . With a carpet bag at his feet he rode in a spring ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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