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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... thousand Cornish dead . Broken Hill has long had unjustified reputation as the wildest city in the land . The towns which most influenced Broken Hill were Moonta and Kadina , and in their day they were known as the most religious towns ...
... thousand Cornish dead . Broken Hill has long had unjustified reputation as the wildest city in the land . The towns which most influenced Broken Hill were Moonta and Kadina , and in their day they were known as the most religious towns ...
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... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
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... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
... thousand men crowded the fence to await the signal from the warden on his white horse , and at the drop of his handkerchief they swarmed in to hammer pegs and dig a grid of trenches to mark their claims . Throughout 1898 the rush ...
Contents
Preface Introduction | 1 |
THE GOLDSEEKERS | 3 |
Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
Copyright | |
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