The rush that never ended : a history of Australian mining / Geoffrey Blainey.

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Publication details:
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2003.
Edition:
5th ed.
Record id:
23106
Author:
Blainey, Geoffrey.
Subject:
Mines and quarries -- History -- Australia.
Minerals -- History -- Australia.
Contents:
The gold-seekers: 1. Pickpockets' gold
2. A little excitement
3. Victoria's rushes
4. Ballarat's ditch of perdition
5. Gold's conquest
6. The prophecy of Job
7. Pacific Ocean gold trail
8. Chinatown on the anthills
9. The anatomy of gambling
Copper men and silver kings: 10. Green moss
11. New Cornwalls
12. Moffat's metal
13. The star of Silverton
14. The Broken Hill
Resurgence: 15. Indian Ocean gold trail
16. Coolgardie
17. White Feather and Boulder City
18. Chemists and buccaneers
19. Mines of the mist
20. Mount Morgan
21. Revival
22. Froth and bubble
23. The boomerang lode
Age of giants: 24. Deserted towns
25. End of redshirt capitalism
26. Golden eagles
27. Lasseter's land
28. A mine in agony
29. Another frontier
30. Nickel butterflies
31. King again
32. A kind of earthquake.
Note:
Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN:
052285009X
Phys. description:
xiv, 431 p. ; 24 cm