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... Western Aus- tralian gold mines before the gold boom . They had watched the Western Australian companies refloat in England and their shares soar to mad prices before the companies had even struck gold ; and they lamented their ...
... Western Aus- tralian gold mines before the gold boom . They had watched the Western Australian companies refloat in England and their shares soar to mad prices before the companies had even struck gold ; and they lamented their ...
Page 107
... western railway system . The politicians ignored his wise advice . Like the politicians of Transvaal and Western Australia , they treated the western miners as interlopers and foreigners , sent to restore the gangrenous com- merce of ...
... western railway system . The politicians ignored his wise advice . Like the politicians of Transvaal and Western Australia , they treated the western miners as interlopers and foreigners , sent to restore the gangrenous com- merce of ...
Page 294
... Western Country , by C. Gould . 1877 : No. 27 , Report on the Western Country , by C. Sprent . 1878 : No. 51 , Report on the Mineral Resources of the West Coast , by C. Sprent . No. 85 , Correspondence on Great Western and Corinna Tin ...
... Western Country , by C. Gould . 1877 : No. 27 , Report on the Western Country , by C. Sprent . 1878 : No. 51 , Report on the Mineral Resources of the West Coast , by C. Sprent . No. 85 , Correspondence on Great Western and Corinna Tin ...
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