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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

7 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Mine Manager is Arrested Police Allegations of Fraud

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 3

Yerranderie, a small settlement in the Burragorang Valley, was provided on Saturday with its biggest sensation for many years, when the…

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Many Wise Cracks in "Gold Diggers."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 2

That many of the funniest "wise cracks" are uttered by the players back stage and never reach the and never reach the audience out front is revealed in "Gold…

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Believed a Fortune Teller and Struck Gold

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 3

Gold is being dug from a reef which was found at Nana Glen through a fortune teller's instructions…

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Better Than Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 July 1931 · page 4

Gold, not wool, attracted the attention of the world to the almost, empty continent of Australia. Between 1851 and 1928 a period of…

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Gold at Wilde's Meadow

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 2

Some excitement has been caused locally by a reported discovery of gold on Mr. R Knight's property at Wilde's Meadow, a couple of miles…

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What About the Gold Standard?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 August 1931 · page 2

Australia with her handful of people and her tiny gold reserve is in the same financial plight as America with 120,000,000 people…

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Gold Standard Temporarily Abandoned by Britain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 2

The British Government has de cided temporarily to abandon the gold standard. The decision was due to the…

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