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In 1846 he urged the unemployed tin - miners of Cornwall to emigrate to New South Wales and search for gold . In 1848 he wrote to Grey at the Colonial Office and suggested that a mineral survey of Australia should be made .
In 1846 he urged the unemployed tin - miners of Cornwall to emigrate to New South Wales and search for gold . In 1848 he wrote to Grey at the Colonial Office and suggested that a mineral survey of Australia should be made .
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The following figures of gold production in Australia are given by Coghlan . Those for the first five years are based on the estimates of dealers in bullion , which were generally regarded as being more correct than the official ...
The following figures of gold production in Australia are given by Coghlan . Those for the first five years are based on the estimates of dealers in bullion , which were generally regarded as being more correct than the official ...
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As the note issue was under the control of the Commonwealth Treasurer , and as the original Australian Notes Act had been amended in 1911 to enable the Treasurer to issue notes to any amount against a gold reserve of not less than one ...
As the note issue was under the control of the Commonwealth Treasurer , and as the original Australian Notes Act had been amended in 1911 to enable the Treasurer to issue notes to any amount against a gold reserve of not less than one ...
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