Extraction practices and technology on the Charters Towers goldfield; Trees to burn ; settlement in the Atherton-Evelyn rainforest, 1880-1900
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1982
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Menghetti, Diane
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Darwin : North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University
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Since its discovery late in 1871 the Charters Towers goldfield has produced some seven million fine ounces of gold, over a million ounces of silver and four thousand tons of lead.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Land settlement - -Australia -- Atherton Region (Qld.) -- History -- 19th century, Land use - Australia -- Atherton Region (Qld.) - History - 19th century, Gold mines and mining - - Australia -- Charters Towers Region (Qld.), Aboriginal Australians - - Australia - - Cobourg Peninsula (N.T.)
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