Download or read book Consolidated Gold Fields in Australia written by Robert Porter and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consolidated Gold Fields was a major British mining house founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1892. Diversifying from its South African gold interests, the company invested widely during the following century. This included investments in the Western Australian gold sector from the 1920s and exploration and mining activities elsewhere in Australia and the Territory of New Guinea. In the 1960s, Consolidated Gold Fields Australia (CGFA) was formed. CGFA had ambitious plans and the financial backing from London to establish itself as one of the main diversified mining companies in Australia. Investments were held in the historic Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, in Renison, and it was one of the first groups to develop iron ore deposits in the Pilbara of Western Australia. It also acquired a major interest in mineral sands. While the London-based Consolidated Gold Fields ceased to exist in 1989, taken over and dismembered by renowned corporate raider Hanson Plc, its Australian subsidiary, renamed Renison Goldfields Consolidated (RGC), continued for another nine years as a diversified mining group before it suffered its own corporate demise, facilitated by Hanson. CGFA and RGC were important participants in Australia’s post–World War II mining sector. This book is a history of a once great British mining-finance house and its investments in Australia. Consolidated Gold Fields had a rich and broad history in Australia; its ultimate fate did not demonstrate its potential as an Australian mining company.
Download or read book Australia and Its Gold Fields written by Edward Hammond Hargraves and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia and Its Gold Fields a Historical Sketch of the Progress of the Australian Colonies from the Earliest Times to the Present Day To which are Added Notices on the Use and Working of Gold in Ancient and Modern Times and an Examination of the Theories as to the Sources of Gold written by Edward Hammond Hargraves (Discoverer of the Gold Fields in Australia.) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In a New World Or Among the Gold Fields of Australia written by Horatio Alger and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN A NEW WORLD ANONG THE GOLD-PIBLDS OF AUSTRALIA -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER PAQE I. OLD F RI T I D N S J ELBOUR TE, . . 1 111. FLETCHAECIZT SS USPICIOUSLY, . . 18 IV. A TLUELY RESCTJE, . . 26 V. STARTIN F G O R THE 1In-ES, . . . 31 VI. A XIQHT ISCIDEKT, . . 40 VII. PARTIN C G O IPAXY ., . 49 VIII. A VICTIM O F TREACHERY . . 58 IX. A DISAGREEABSLUE RPRISE, . . 66 XI. TAKENC APTIVE, . . 83 XII. THE HOME OF THE BUSHRANGERS, . . 91 XIII. A TRIAL A ND ITS TRAGICF INALE, . . 100 XV. LOST n-THE WOODS, . 118 SVI. TFIE SHEPIIERDHS UT, . . 195 XVII. A WELCOM I E S THE WILDS, . . 131 XVIII. A DANGEROUASC QUALUTANCE ., . 142 XIX. h RUFFIAN FOILED, . . 151 XS. THE BOYS ARRIWAT EEXDIGO, . . ., 160 XSI. B I X A G C LAIM, . . 163 iii iv C m E R XXII. SXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. YXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII.. XXXVIII. XXXIX. CONTENTS. PAGE . l77 . 186 . 194 .. 202 . 210 . 219 . 227 . 235 . 244 . 253 . 262 . 271 . 279 . 288 . 293 . 300 . 307 . 314 IN A NEW WORLD. OLD FRIENDS IN MELBOURNE. A STOUT gentleman of middle age and two boys were sitting in the pnblic room of a modest inn in Melbourne. Tlic gentleman was bnown to the public as Professor Hemmenway, who announced himself on tlie programme of liis entertainment as The Magician cian of Rladagas a, th ougli he freely confessed to his confidential friends tliat lie liad never seen tlie island of that name. lie two boys were IIarry Vane and Jaclr Pendleton, Anlericaii boys of sixteen. One liad come to Australia as assistant to the professor, and had been. accustomed to sing one or two popular songs at the magical entertairiments whicli lle gave, besides rendering him-self generally useful. Jack Pendieton was ayoung sailor, who had resolved to try his for-, tune in tlie new country, either at tlie mines or in any other employment offering fair coinpensation, before resuming his profession. Harry and tlie professor had been passengers on board Jaclis ship, and tlie tnro boys liad struck up an enduring friendship. The ship had been wreclred, and they had spent some veeksto gether on an uninhabited island, from wllicll they were firlally rescued, as related in a preceding story, Facing tlle World...
Download or read book Australia and Its Gold Fields written by Edward Hammond Hargraves and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book In a New World written by Horatio Alger and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. He is noted as a significant figure in the history of American cultural and social ideals, even though his novels are rarely read these days. After attending Harvard Divinity School from 1857 to 1860, he took a ten-month tour of Europe and produced works of a patriotic nature. Algeras empathy with the young working men, coupled with the moral values he learned at home, formed the basis of the first novel in his Ragged Dick (1867). The book was an immediate success, spurring a vast collection of sequels and similar novels, including Luck and Pluck (1869) and Tattered Tom (1871). Amongst his other works are Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marloweas Secret (1890) and The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus (1900).
Download or read book Australia and Its Gold Fields A Historical Sketch of the Progress of the Australian Colonies written by Edward Hammond Hargraves and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Australia and Its Gold Fields Classic Reprint written by Edward Hammond Hargraves and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Australia and Its Gold Fields In addition to my own lucubrations, I have appended two valuable papers on a New Theory Of the Origin Of Gold, communicated to me by my friend Mr. Dawson, which, I doubt not, will be perused with attention and interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Gold Mines Of The World written by James Herbert Curle and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Gold Fields of Australia written by James Wyld and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gold Fields of Australia: Notes on the Distribution of Gold Throughout the World, Including Australia, California, and Russia It is interesting to look back and to make out the development of events, but it is no less so to see them pass before our eyes to be present and to take part in them, and we have now arrived at a period far more important than that which we have just contemplated. Circumstances external to those which we have for our special subject and consideration, have been no less in fluential than they in giving it this character. The establish; nient of the locomotive and the ocean steamer, the laying down of the telegraphic wire, the discovery of electro-metallurgy, and the application of the daguerreotype, create a new era' in the practical arts; but never, perhaps, has the progress of science been more extraordinary. The advancement of the electro magnetic sciences, of geology, of ethnology, and of the econo mical sciences, has done much to liberate mankind from de pendence and dogmatism, and to direct them to original research, while there have been those events in politics, in religion, and in social economy, which show that some great action on the human mind is in progress. At this time, when in addition to the gold workings of Russia and Virgin discoveries in Australia and California have opened a eld for enter prise, which has set the nations of the world in movement, the position of the English race is still more striking than it was three centuries and a half ago. By two great empires it now keeps a great part of the world under its influence; on the shores of the Atlantic, of the Pacific, and of the Indian Ocean, our settlements are the means of awakening enterprise, and give us the opportunity of profiting by each new event; from the Icy Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, America belongs to our people Australia we have encompasse'd, and marked out its destinies, and in the south of Asia hundreds of millions already own us as their masters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Sludge written by Peter Davies and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating, troubling legacy of the gold rush. Everyone knows gold made Victoria rich. But did you know gold mining was disastrous for the land, engulfing it in floods of sand, gravel and silt that gushed out of the mines? Or that this environmental devastation still affects our rivers and floodplains? Victorians had a name for this mining waste: ‘sludge’. Sludge submerged Victoria’s best grapevines near Bendigo, filled Laanecoorie Reservoir on the Loddon River and flowed down from Beechworth over thousands of hectares of rich agricultural land. Children and animals drowned in sludge lakes. Mining effluent contaminated three-quarters of Victoria’s creeks and rivers. Sludge is the compelling story of the forgotten filth that plagued nineteenth-century Victoria. It exposes the big dirty secret of Victoria’s mining history – the way it transformed the state’s water and land, and how the battle against sludge helped lay the ground for the modern environmental movement. ‘Sludge is a fascinating, entangled story of human endeavour and environmental destruction. An exciting and timely reminder that history is a dirty business, precisely because it oozes its way into the present.’ —Clare Wright ‘Sludge, slurry, slickens or porridge: call it what you will, mining waste made a mess of Victoria’s environment. In Sludge, Susan Lawrence and Peter Davies carefully investigate this murky history of greed, mismanagement, reform and forgetting. It is a gripping account of an environmental catastrophe, and it vividly conveys the long-term costs of short-term gains.’—Billy Griffiths ‘This is the book about the goldfields I most wanted to read but didn’t think could be written. It’s a remarkable achievement.’—Tom Griffiths ‘If Victorians dreamed of glittering gold, what they got was a tidal wave of sludge that covered the land like a poisonous blanket and made the rivers run thick as gruel. Susan Lawrence and Peter Davies vividly recreate the forgotten landscapes of nineteenth-century Victoria, revealing how people and mining destroyed the country that nurtured them, and how that silent legacy is still with us today. Here is a powerful parable, a work of brilliant rediscovery and a wakeup call for our own times.’ —Grace Karskens
Download or read book Australia and Its Gold Fields written by Edward Hammond Hargraves and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields Classic Reprint written by W. Craig and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields Although my mind has often gone back over the events which befell me on the Australian goldfields in the early fifties, I might never have set them down in writing but for the accident of my coming across an account of Captain Melville the bushranger, in which, not by any means for the first time, the character of that singular man was so grossly misrepresented that little persuasion was needed to induce me to put on record my very different impressions. As I mused upon my meeting with him, other memories belonging to those distant days came crowding up, and these, too, I was tempted to record. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
