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