Earth Sciences History Group
Newsletter No. 40 September 2009 A newsletter for members of the ESHG that unearths the history of the Earth’s historians ISSN 0815-7235 ISBN 978-1-74168-266-3
Warribanno chimney, Western Australia’s first smelter
CONTENTS Note from the editor
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Reg Sprigg: a rock legend
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List of Committee members
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Message from the Chairman
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‘The Harvest of Gold’: Charles Dickens in Australia
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Minutes of last Business Meeting, at AESC, July 2008
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Financial statements
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FitzRoy Iron Works, Mittagong
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Plaque to honour Sir Samuel Benson Dickinson Northampton — Western Australia’s first mineral boom!
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