Down Under: Mineral Heritage in Australasia : an Illustrated History of Mining and Metallurgy in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and...
- ISBN-10
- 0646067214
- ISBN-13
- 9780646067216
- Series
- Down Under
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Author
- Arvi Parbo
Description
An illustrated history of mining and metallurgy in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea; Newcastle - Coal and steel from the Illawarra - Cobar copper - Broken Hill - Coal from the Bowen Basin - Copper and lead - Manganese from Groote Eylandt - Gold and copper from Tennant Creek - Gold brings prosperity to Western Australia - Murchison gold - Iron ore, oil and gas from the Pilbara - Coal and mineral sands - South Australia's wealth in copper - Port Pirie - Iron and steel from Whyalla - Victoria's gold - Brown coal - Fijian gold - Copper and gold from Ok Tedi.
