St. Barbara is an Australian based, ASX listed company with development projects in Papua New Guinea and in Nova Scotia, Canada.'Move on Bendigo Mining, St. Barbara acquires 49.53 million shares', Bendigo Advertiser, 13 January 2007. Following the suspension of production at Bendigo Mining and the crash in the share price, St. Barbara 'bought 49.53 million shares at an average price of 34.8c'. 'Market speculation continued yesterday about a possible take-over of Bendigo Mining with some sources saying that a full bid from St. Barbara was likely'. On right hand side of article, a graph showing Australian Gold Producers in 2006 - production in ounces on left hand side of graph. Newcrest, Perseverance & Leviathan, St. Barbara, Equigold, Agincourt, Leviathan, Dominion, Croesus, Perseverance, Intrepid and Troy companies are shown.bendigo mining n.l., bendigo, mining, gold, swan decline, shareholders, st. barbara, newcrest, perseverance & leviathan, equigold, agincourt, leviathan, dominion, croesus, perseverance, intrepid and troy

This book is the definitive history of the surf travels by Peter Troy. Troy's travels are the stuff of legends. An original and influential figure in the early days of surfing at Bells Beach, Troy left Australia in 1963 and roamed the planet with surfboard under arm from Europe to Hawaii, South America to South Africa, introducing surfing to Brazil and discovering untold perfect waves like Nias off the coast of Sumatra. He documented every step of this remarkable journey in letters home which were rediscovered after his untimely death in 2008.This book represents the major surf travel history of one of the great legends in world surfing Peter Troy from Torquay. In 1962 Troy was one of the founders of the Bells Beach Surf Contest, the longest running surf contest in the world. He was an intrepid surf traveller who during the period 1963-1966 introduced surfing to the country of Brazil and explored the four corners of the globe for waves. This book is a unique record of world travel by surfer(s)during this period.Full colour, hard bound travel surf book by Peter Troy OAM, edited by Brendan McAloon. Colour cover image of a young Peter Troy by Rennie Ellis.ISBN - 978-0-9808480-0-7torquay, rod brooks, surf, bells beach, peter troy, rennie ellis, hawaii, nias, vic tantau, terry wall, bells beach surf contest, brazil, world surfing championships, biarritz, european surfing championships, flying pineapple media, sean doherty