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Page 188
Horror set in with the outward rush when the waterholes were dryingin scurvy , thirst , malaria , heat apoplexy , dysentery , hunger and delirium tremens . Wrecked wagons , dead horses and graves became names and landmarks of the ...
Horror set in with the outward rush when the waterholes were dryingin scurvy , thirst , malaria , heat apoplexy , dysentery , hunger and delirium tremens . Wrecked wagons , dead horses and graves became names and landmarks of the ...
Page 192
The bearded men and bonneted women of the Kimberley rush , with their hand - carts and wagons , made the first road west , the Old Coast Road from Burketown to Derby , but few are living to remember who they were .
The bearded men and bonneted women of the Kimberley rush , with their hand - carts and wagons , made the first road west , the Old Coast Road from Burketown to Derby , but few are living to remember who they were .
Page 258
When the rush of men and horses drank the rockhole dry , Bill and Jack Lawrie carried their shovels from the golden claim to dig a well of sweet , dark , evil water a hundred feet deep , soon putrid with vermin and the carcasses of wild ...
When the rush of men and horses drank the rockhole dry , Bill and Jack Lawrie carried their shovels from the golden claim to dig a well of sweet , dark , evil water a hundred feet deep , soon putrid with vermin and the carcasses of wild ...
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LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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