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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... ironstone mountain , and stockmen watched the cattle and the hungry diggers watched them too . One of the stockmen was William Mackinlay , and as he lived in a bark hut near the iron- stone mountain he had time to prospect . On his ...
... ironstone mountain , and stockmen watched the cattle and the hungry diggers watched them too . One of the stockmen was William Mackinlay , and as he lived in a bark hut near the iron- stone mountain he had time to prospect . On his ...
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... ironstone mountain ? The gold was in the ironstone , and many goldminers had a prejudice against iron deposits . It was almost a dogma from Castlemaine to Charters Towers that quartz was the mother of gold . Moreover , the gold on the ...
... ironstone mountain ? The gold was in the ironstone , and many goldminers had a prejudice against iron deposits . It was almost a dogma from Castlemaine to Charters Towers that quartz was the mother of gold . Moreover , the gold on the ...
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... ironstone as flux the company took the idle iron mines . It built a tramway from Iron Knob mine to the beach at Whyalla , and in 1901 the barges were carrying the ironstone to the smelters ' wharves . This was the most massive deposit ...
... ironstone as flux the company took the idle iron mines . It built a tramway from Iron Knob mine to the beach at Whyalla , and in 1901 the barges were carrying the ironstone to the smelters ' wharves . This was the most massive deposit ...
Contents
Preface Introduction | 1 |
THE GOLDSEEKERS | 3 |
Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
Copyright | |
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