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Mining & the mines, 1952

4 stories in Central Coast's papers

Mr Dean Chairman Of Federal MP's Coal Committee

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 1

Mr. H. Dear. MHS for Robertson, has been elected chairman, and Mr. H. G. Pearce, MHR for Caprico[?]…

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Paper on Gold Discoverer Read at Society

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 1

A paper on Edward Hammond Hargraves, discoverer of gold in Australia, was read at the meeting of the…

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The Life and Times of E. H. HARGRAVES. Brisbane Water Pioneer Found Gold In Australia

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

"In the discovery of gold we recognised the greatest event in the whole cavalcade of Australian history," said Mr J. H. Parks, president of the Brisbane Water Historical Society…

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River of Gold for Coronation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1952 · page 7

Although the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is still more than six months off, the river of official and private money—£100,000,000—that England will spend for the ceremony has long…

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