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Mining & the mines, 1954

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More Gold Medals for Australia Records to swimmers

The Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

Australian teenage swimming stars Lorraine Crapp, 15, and Jon Henricks, 19, each broke records to win gold medals at the…

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No State Coal Mine For Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 4

The State Cabinet decided yesterday not to buy land at Cessnock to establish a State coalmine…

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47 Mines Idle

The Sun · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 5

Mineworkers at 47 NSW collieries, defying an ACTU direction, held slopwork meetings today…

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Coal plan rejected

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 7

State Cabinet yesterday rejected a proposal that it should acquire certain holdings at Cessnock to…

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Swansea miners sleep in bathhouse

Tribune · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 11

NEWCASTLE. — Some Swansea miners who had taken Jobs on the South Maitland coalfield were sleeping in a colliery…

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Aust. Gets Another Games Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Wed. --Australia yesterday won another Empire Games' gold medal, and two minor -plaee medals. Tasmanian David. Lean won the men's 440…

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Aust. Gets Another Games Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Wed. --Australia yesterday won another Empire Games' gold medal, and two, minor -place medals. Sydney's 15 -years -old swimming stars…

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Aust. Gets Another Games Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Wed.—Australia yesterday won another Empire Games' gold medal, arid two minor-place medals. Tasmanian David Lean won the men's 440…

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Police Seize Gold at Pistol Point

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Police today seized at pistol point £1600 worth of gold after erecting a road block on lonely Omeo Highway…

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Aust. Gets Another Games Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Wed. --Australia yesterday won another Empire Games': gold medal, and two minor -place medals. Tasmania David Lean won the men's 440…

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Aust. Gets Another Games Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Wed. --Australia yesterday won another Empire Games' gold medal, and two minor -place medals. Tasmanian David Lean won the men's 440…

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Whites, Natives, Chinese Clashed Over Fantastic River of Gold James Mulligan's Palmer River gold strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 21

POCKETS bulging with gold, a tall, bearded Irishman, ragged and weary after a three months' nightmare trek into York Peninsula, walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields,…

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Whites, Natives, Chinese Clashed Over Fantastic River of Gold James Mulligan's Palmer River gold strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 21

POCKETS bulging with gold, a tall, bearded Irishman, ragged and weary three months nightmare trek into wild Cape York Peninsula, walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields…

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Whites, Natives, Chinese Clashed Over Fantastic River of Gold James Mulligan's Palmer River gold strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 21

POCKETS bulging with gold, a tall, bearded Irishman, ragged and weary after a three months' nightmare trek into wild Cape York Peninsula, walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields,…

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Whites, Natives, Chinese Clashed Over Fantastic River of Gold James Mulligan's palmer River gold strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 21

POCKETS bulging with gold, a tall, bearded Irishman, ragged and weary after a three months' nightmare trek into wild Cape York Peninsula, walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields…

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Whites, Natives, Chinese Clashed Over Fantastic River of Gold James Mulligan's Palmer River gold strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 21

DOCKETS bulging with gold, a tall, bearded Irishman, ragged and weary after a three months' nightmare trek into wild Cape York Peninsula, walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields,…

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Whites, Natives, Chinese Clashed Over Fantastic River of Gold James Mulligan's Palmer River gold strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 21

POCKETS bulging with gold, a tall Bearded Irishman, ragged and weary after a three months' nightmare trek into wild Gape York Peninsula, walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields,…

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Whites, Natives, Chinese Clashed Over Fantastic River of Gold James Mulligan's Palmer River gold strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 21

POCKETS bulging with gold, a tall, bearded Irishman, ragged and weary after a three months nightmare trek into wild Cape York Peninsula. Walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields,…

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Our sixth gold medal Lean wins hurdles

The Sun · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

18-year-old Tasmanian accountancy clerk David Lean, who had his first run over hurdles only this year, today won the British Empire Games 440…

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A dress with pearls and real gold

The Sun · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

BLONDE Italian film beauty Rossana Podesta has the finishing touches put to her…

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