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    REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.

    HOW TO DIG FOR GOLD. BY AN OLD DIGGER. There are many men walking about the city of Melbourne who read of gold being got daily, and would like to go and do likewise. But they don't know how to go about it, being perfectly ignorant of everything connected with digging, If they want to learn to...
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    Copper prices & graveyard thieves.

    As world copper prices soar, graveyard thieves raid Northern Rivers cemeteries for plaques. Grieving families have been left heartbroken after dozens of graves in the Tweed Heads-Murwillumbah area were stripped bare of plaques and flowers. Almost 60 copper plaques have been stolen from two...
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    A Yarn From Yesterday!

    GIPPSLAND'S FIRST COLD. HOW IT WAS WON. How the first gold was got in Gippsland is related in the following interesting narrative by Mr John T. Reid, one of the pioneer miners in Victoria. Mr Reid, who resides in East Brunswick, is now 77 years of age, and came to the country from California...
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    Dry Shaker

    Dry Shaker? ... Up until yesterday I never seen or heard of the dry stacker. But to my way of thinking it would be a very good tool to have in your kit. My question is this, has anyone seen one in use and or worked one? They were used in S.A and W.A? Handbook on prospecting in South...
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    Lorden's Patent Dryblower

    This Dryblower is of a very interesting design, I have never seen one like it. Has anyone seen one in action, if so what did you think of it. Cheers Jemba Lorden's Patent Dryblower The Patent Cradle Dryblower, invented by Stephen Lorden and John Banfield in 1893 in Western Australia...
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    On line Books that may be of interest

    On line Books that may be of interest. The history of Goulburn, N.S.W. / by Ransome T. Wyatt https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-29899609/view?partId=nla.obj-29949190#page/n16/mode/1up Australian tales of peril and adventure in town and bush / told by an officer of the Victorian police. The...
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    Books to keep an eye out for.

    Here are a few Books to keep an eye out for. :Y: Gold & water : a history of Sofala and the Turon goldfield / Matthew Higgins. Matthew Higgins Bathurst, N.S.W. : Robstar : distributed by Timothy Carter Public Relations 1990 Ghosts of the goldfields : pioneer diggers and settlers on the Turon...
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    Hi.

    Hi guys I just wanted to say hi, I had been a member of P.A before under the name Jembaicumbene. But the name was by far to long to be typing it in each time I logged on. So now it is just Jemba which is much shorter. Cheers Jemba.
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