Welcome to part two of the two-parter... Last week we explored what happens when a gold rush gets out of hand. But most people forget there was another place famous for it’s gold rushes, one whose cultural history was just as shaped by outlaws and mining towns. This time, we go to the other great frontier, where it rains on the rock and there’s golden soil in a red centre. You’d better run, you’d better take cover.

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