Download or read book The Rush that Never Ended written by Geoffrey Blainey and published by Carlton [Australia] : Melbourne University Press ; Forest Grove, Or. : International Scholarly Book Services. This book was released on 1978 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of metal mining from gold, copper, silver and iron to the recent discoveries of uranium, bauxite, iron ore, nickel, phosphate, manganese, oil and natural gas.