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Colonisation in the Industrial Age

The Landscape of the Australian Gold Rush

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Lawrence, S. (2005). Colonisation in the Industrial Age. In: Casella, E.C., Symonds, J. (eds) Industrial Archaeology. Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22831-4_14

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