The rush that never ended : a history of Australian mining /
Australia 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, Bord...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carlton [Australia] : Forest Grove, Or. :
Melbourne University Press ; International Scholarly Book Services,
1978.
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| Edition: | 3d ed. |
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| Summary: | Australia 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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| Item Description: | Stamped on t.p.: Exclusive distributor, ISBS, Inc., Forest Grove, OR. |
| Physical Description: | x, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-381) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0522841457 9780522841459 0522839304 9780522839302 |