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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    A PROSPECTOR LOST. ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF A NEW GOLD-FIELD. The discovery of a goldfield of unusual richness between Harrietville and the Omeo, is reported by a party of prospectors, who were actually on the spot, and who also bring melancholy news concerning Mr Bloomfield, a well known...
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    Thanks mate I wish you the same. cheers Jemba
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    I saw a Trommel in action

    There is no ban on HighBankers in NSW. The ban is on all petrol/electric water pumps. You can still use a banker as long as there is no water pump attached to the banker. Jemba
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    Thanks mate :Y: I will be away now for a bit post more when I get back. cheers mate
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    "Old Tom." (FOR THE BULLETIN.) Conspicuous amongst the originals so frequently met with at the old-time rushes was a tall, spare, elderly man with a slight stoop and a long, full, white board. Of a kindly disposition and quiet demeanour, Old Tom, as he was usually designated, was liked and...
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    Thanks Mackka. Yep I love the old yarns too. :Y: I usually down load a heap of them to a USB, just for a bit of a read when out bush. cheers mate
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    Home Town of "Waltzing Matilda" The Swagman at the North Gregory By BERYL KENNEDY THE little town of Winton in mid-western Queensland (population 1800) has been doing itself proud with a new civic hotel, rising in super-phoenix splendor, at a cost of 150,000, from the famous old North...
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    THE STOLEN SHEEP [FOR THE BULLETIN.] Say, mate, its a tidy long stretch since we parted near old Lambin Flat; Twenty years? - Yes, I reckon it is, and a sprinklin of odd uns on that. Lets seeafter you with the lightlve a fancy twas sometime about A day or so after the time old Tommy the...
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    A Great Man with a Shovel By ROBERT KENNEDY Sitting on the wooden seat on the veranda of the Noondah pub, Jock Macpherson watched a tiny willy-willy frisk itself out of the street dust and spin down the road towards him, to peter- out at the foot of the steps in a flutter of paper scraps. It...
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    HINTS TO PROSPECTORS. Gold Is Where You Find It. DEAR "John,"-Allow me to give a little advise to the uninitiated or unexperienced prospector. He -need not study geology. All ' that is required is plenty of luck and he must be a thorough optimist, fond of walking and must never get tired of...
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    Go below 01

    I like the way your thinking 20x. :Y: Maker sure the hole is resistant to the weather {water}. cheers Jemba
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    Books to keep an eye out for.

    Queensland DEPARTMENT OF MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT NO. 180. REPORT ON A VISIT TO THE WEST COAST OF THE CAPE YORK PENINSULA AND SOME ISLANDS OF THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA. THE HORN ISLAND GOLD FIELD. The discovery of gold on Horn Island was made by Messrs. Smyth and * party in 1894, but...
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    A Yarn From Yesterday!

    WHEN REVOLVERS WERE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD Reminiscences of Sam Matthews. Edited by J. M. Harcourt. THE Melbourne of the early '50's has passed from the face of the earth. The Melbourne of to-day bears perhaps as much resemblance to it as a man bears to a newly born son. It was different...
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    Books to keep an eye out for.

    Book Details Creator, Ball, Lionel C. (Lionel Clive) Title, Late discovery of gold near Pratten, Talgai gold field ; some mines on the Talgai gold field and discovery of gold at Mount Sturt and Freestone Creek, Warwick district / by Lionel C. Ball. Brisbane : Dept. of Mines, 1903 Download...
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    A Yarn From Yesterday!

    Early Gold Discoveries Of N.S.W & VIC. BY WILL LAWSON. OFFICIALLY the finding of gold dates from 1851, but trustworthy records show that gold was discovered in New South Wales and Victoria long before that. Fear of the effect on the convicts if the news were made known prompted the authorities...
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