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—402 AUSTRALASLV.to the prosperit}^ of the colony, having yielded ores to the value of over £4,000,000between 1846 and 1877. No less productive are the copper mines of Wallaroo,Moonfa, and Kadina, on the east side of Sj^encer Gulf, while Tcdulpa, in the northeast,near the frontier of Victoria, has been enriched by its gold mines.Farther north the railway, penetrating inland through the pastures, deserts,Fig. 173.Poet Darwin.Scale 1 : 330,000.OE.stcf Gre.nw.cKat low water.and saline wastes, soon advances beyond the mineral districts, and serves only forthe transport of wool and some agricultural produce. But when it has pushed itsway across the continent this trunk line will be used by most travellers andimmigrants bound for the flourishing regions of east and south-east Australia.The two submarine cables already connecting the northern end of this line with