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Page 33
Their wages are high and usually free board and accommodation are included.
And they are not fed on dampers baked in the camp oven, or on tins of bully beef.
They expect, and usually get, the best of tucker. Caravans or converted buses ...
Their wages are high and usually free board and accommodation are included.
And they are not fed on dampers baked in the camp oven, or on tins of bully beef.
They expect, and usually get, the best of tucker. Caravans or converted buses ...
Page 115
The ceremony began with the friends and relatives lying face down at their camp,
while the not so close relatives walked around the grave, and then retired,
wailing loudly. They painted white lines on their bodies, then collected leafy
branches ...
The ceremony began with the friends and relatives lying face down at their camp,
while the not so close relatives walked around the grave, and then retired,
wailing loudly. They painted white lines on their bodies, then collected leafy
branches ...
Page 129
As we drove the twenty-seven miles to Spargoville in our blue Whippet utility, he
told us, “I've built us a good camp near the mine. There's a big boughshed where
we can have our meals, and it also covers the two tents we'll be sleeping in.
As we drove the twenty-seven miles to Spargoville in our blue Whippet utility, he
told us, “I've built us a good camp near the mine. There's a big boughshed where
we can have our meals, and it also covers the two tents we'll be sleeping in.
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Contents
The Dawn of a New | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 29 |
Wateror the Lack of | 34 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Nickel Country -- Gold Country |
| Author | Norma King |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Hale, 1973 |
| Original from | Northwestern University |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 070913603X, 9780709136033 |
| Length | 148 pages |
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