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National Geographic : 1936 Dec
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BEYOND AUSTRALIA'S CITIES Conservation and afforestation are now receiving greater attention. In addition to their value as timber, various eucalypts have been utilized to some degree for their oils ever since a pioneer doctor found that essential oils extracted from the leaves were good for colicky complaints. AUSTRALIA'S GOLD RUSH In 1910, while .. .. experimenting at Broken Hill mines, Henry Lavers found that the addition of eucalyptus oil to finely ground minerals facili tated the separa tion of the me tallic sulphides from the gangue in the flotation process. Since then, the trees ", have had in creased use in "FLYING Australia's im portant mining By day these gray-head orchards to eat peaches, pl industry. is damaged and knocked Mining! Here huge flocks. is yet another of the continent's many romances. As gold opened the American West, so also its dis covery began a new era for Australia. When news of the gold rush of '49 reached Sydney, Australians flocked to San Francisco. Among them was Edward Har graves. When he saw the gold-bearing rock of California, he was struck by its resemblance to some of the rocks in his own land. So back he went; and in 1851 turned the country topsy-turvy with his discovery of gold in New South Wales. Here, as in California, there was a fren zied stampede. And men began prospect- Photograph by Otho Webb FOXES" SLEEP UPSIDE DOWN ed fruit bats hang in trees, but at night they raid ums, pears, and other soft crops. Much ripe fruit off by the marauders, which sometimes travel in ing far and wide for other possible deposits. Nor was the excitement unfounded. In quick succession yellow magic was un earthed in Victoria at Ballarat, Bendigo, and Castlemaine. Public service was threatened with com plete disruption. Farms, shops, and ships were deserted. For what able-bodied per son was willing to remain at some ordinary job while others were panning $100 to $200 a day and finding nuggets of incred ible size, worth thousands of dollars? No part of the world has been so prolific in large individual finds as the Victoria 739
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