The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningAustralia is one of the world's great sources of mineral treasures. Out of the ground, on land and at sea, has come wealth to create a host of lucrative industries. Our landscape is littered with mines and mining towns bearing evocative names like Rum Jungle, Noble's Nob, Broad Arrow, Bordeaux and Siberia, and stories abound of fortunes won and lost. 'The rush that never ended' tells the story of these mineral discoveries, describes the giants of Australia's mining history and records the tremendous influence that mining has had on Australia's attitudes to unionism, religion, law and politics. |
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A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. D 4 BALLARAT'S DITCH OF PERDITION IGGERS WHO VISITED Ballarat late in 1852 saw it reviving . The exodus from Ballarat to new rushes had burnt itself out , and diggers who knew the charming ...
A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. D 4 BALLARAT'S DITCH OF PERDITION IGGERS WHO VISITED Ballarat late in 1852 saw it reviving . The exodus from Ballarat to new rushes had burnt itself out , and diggers who knew the charming ...
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... Ballarat : small companies of ten or twelve working shareholders and perhaps an equal number of sleeping shareholders . A royal commission visiting Ballarat at the end of 1854 saw the remarkable rise of syndicates and companies , saw ...
... Ballarat : small companies of ten or twelve working shareholders and perhaps an equal number of sleeping shareholders . A royal commission visiting Ballarat at the end of 1854 saw the remarkable rise of syndicates and companies , saw ...
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... Ballarat's many leads the shepherders idled away the days , sanctioned by law but cursed by opinion . Men sinking nearby shafts cursed the shepherders who did not share in baling the water from ... Ballarat Ballarat's Ditch of Perdition 51.
... Ballarat's many leads the shepherders idled away the days , sanctioned by law but cursed by opinion . Men sinking nearby shafts cursed the shepherders who did not share in baling the water from ... Ballarat Ballarat's Ditch of Perdition 51.
Contents
Preface Introduction | 1 |
THE GOLDSEEKERS | 3 |
Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
Copyright | |
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