Argyle
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Argyle

The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds

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eBook - ePub

Argyle

The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds

About this book

The remote Kimberley region of Western Australia has a rich history and unique geography. In the 1960s De Beers, the world's largest diamond company, sent gem-hunters to the area but they came away empty-handed. It was a vast region to survey, and they'd overlooked something vital.A few years later, a team of Australian geologists with a tiny budget searched for even tinier mineral clues. Those clues led them to the earth's largest diamond deposit and the world's richest source of rare pink diamonds.Based on in-depth research and interviews—including with Alan King Jones, Bill Leslie and 'the father of Australian diamonds', Ewen Tyler— Argyle: The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds details the almost overwhelming challenges with realising a diamond mining venture in Australia, shows how these obstacles were overcome, and explores the mine's impact and legacy.'Fascinating and lucid... a valuable insight into an industry once widely praised but now undervalued by a nation that relies on it so strongly.' Geoffrey Blainey

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Map of the Kimberleys
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Author’s note
  10. Prologue
  11. 1. Breaking out of the Congo
  12. 2. A dual role
  13. 3. The allure of diamonds
  14. 4. Tyler’s mining start-up
  15. 5. Looking for diamonds in Australia
  16. 6. M109
  17. 7. Opposite sides
  18. 8. The price of silence
  19. 9. To Oombulgurri
  20. 10. Steel balls
  21. 11. A new partner
  22. 12. A long-term perspective
  23. 13. The great explorer
  24. 14. Ellendale
  25. 15. The jewel box
  26. 16. Jumped
  27. 17. A major force
  28. 18. Distribution is everything
  29. 19. An astonishing sight
  30. 20. A South African monopoly
  31. 21. Finding the money
  32. 22. Are there diamonds?
  33. 23. Mandangala
  34. 24. Winan
  35. 25. Western Australia Incorporated
  36. 26. The decision to mine
  37. 27. Digging for diamonds
  38. 28. Champagne diamonds
  39. 29. Falling out
  40. 30. A clean sweep
  41. 31. Spiders, bandicoots, cockatoos and pigeons
  42. 32. After Argyle
  43. 33. A joint adventure
  44. Acknowledgements
  45. Notes
  46. Bibliography
  47. Index