The Land BoomersA classic of Australian history, this book provides the detailed story of the men who created or were caught up in the land boom fever, and of their personal triumph or destruction. It tells the story of colonial Victoria, made rich by gold and populous by the immigrants who followed. The flourishing economy saw speculation rewarded, and no apparent limits to expansion. The depression which followed was a catastrophe, the supreme crisis for the colony. |
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I | 3 |
Maurice Brodzky Editor of Table Talk | 55 |
The Meudell Mystery | 61 |
Copyright | |
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Alfred Deakin appointed assets auction August B. J. Fink balance sheet bank's bankrupt became Benjamin borrowed bought Brighton Brodzky building society called cash chairman City of Melbourne Clarke Coffee Palace Collins Street colony Commercial Bank crash creditors Davies's Deakin debts depositors deposits directors Donald Munro Duncan Gillies early Federal Bank Fink's gaol George Illustrated Australian Insolvency Court Isaac Isaacs Isaacs J. M. Davies James Munro James Service John July land boom land boomers Larkin later liquidators Longmuir manager meeting Melbourne Punch Mercantile Bank Meudell Millidge million Mirams mortgage Munro & Baillieu October overdraft paid Parliament Queenscliff railway Real Estate Bank Savings Bank secret composition shareholders shares Sir Graham Berry Sir Matthew Davies sold solicitor South Melbourne speculators Stock Exchange suburbs Table Talk Theodore Fink Thomas Bent tramway Turner Victoria W. L. Baillieu William William Shiels