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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... reefs was like icing on cake ; the icing was rich , the cake was indigestible . McCoy's report warned capitalists not to erect permanent buildings near the reefs , warned the government to be wary of building rail- ways to mining towns ...
... reefs was like icing on cake ; the icing was rich , the cake was indigestible . McCoy's report warned capitalists not to erect permanent buildings near the reefs , warned the government to be wary of building rail- ways to mining towns ...
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... reefs vigorously . Now a ghost town in a walled valley with a crooked narrow street and the old rotunda of the mountaineers ' brass band and the old fire station on ... reef . These reefs had shed the gold that had The Prophecy of Job 73.
... reefs vigorously . Now a ghost town in a walled valley with a crooked narrow street and the old rotunda of the mountaineers ' brass band and the old fire station on ... reef . These reefs had shed the gold that had The Prophecy of Job 73.
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A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. reef . These reefs had shed the gold that had made Bendigo probably the richest shallow alluvial field in Australia and possibly in the world . But for all the gold that had eroded from ...
A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. reef . These reefs had shed the gold that had made Bendigo probably the richest shallow alluvial field in Australia and possibly in the world . But for all the gold that had eroded from ...
Contents
Preface Introduction | 1 |
THE GOLDSEEKERS | 3 |
Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
Copyright | |
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