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Page 132
... four years ' service in the tropic north , at Katherine River , he was riding two thousand miles to Adelaide to see his wife and family of four young children . At Barrow Creek he found the operator ill , sent him to Adelaide in his ...
... four years ' service in the tropic north , at Katherine River , he was riding two thousand miles to Adelaide to see his wife and family of four young children . At Barrow Creek he found the operator ill , sent him to Adelaide in his ...
Page 188
... four ounces of gold , a diamond ring , an address in Christ- church . The bones were scattered by wild dogs . In every police station over a million square miles , a great rhomboid of wilderness marked by Burketown , Alice Springs ...
... four ounces of gold , a diamond ring , an address in Christ- church . The bones were scattered by wild dogs . In every police station over a million square miles , a great rhomboid of wilderness marked by Burketown , Alice Springs ...
Page 218
... four ounces from thirty - four tons of ore - the publicity was grand . Thousands lost millions in Bottomley's companies , and when his story was told in years long after , Northern Territory Gold Mines were the darkest page in the ...
... four ounces from thirty - four tons of ore - the publicity was grand . Thousands lost millions in Bottomley's companies , and when his story was told in years long after , Northern Territory Gold Mines were the darkest page in the ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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