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Started reading from p130. Interesting. I noticed too a bit earlier in the book when the author (wife of the SA Governor at the time I think), mentioned it was not unusual for people to travel 60 miles each way in a buggy to go to a dance - which often ended up as all nighters. I've seen similar "dance reports" among the early settlers here too.
 
Ive browsed through some of it, mainly gold references, but also some of the croc yarns and lifestyle events.
Interesting about some suburb and street names to. Gothenburg has an interesting background, and the suburb Milner as well. The Gothenburg was a ship sailing from Darwin down the east coast, ran aground and sunk 130km south of Townsville during a cyclone, only @ 21 survivors from the 120 odd on board. 3000 oz of top end gold and 3000 pounds worth of sovereign s lost and never recovered.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Gothenburg
 
davent said:
Ive browsed through some of it, mainly gold references, but also some of the croc yarns and lifestyle events.
Interesting about some suburb and street names to. Gothenburg has an interesting background, and the suburb Milner as well. The Gothenburg was a ship sailing from Darwin down the east coast, ran aground and sunk 130km south of Townsville during a cyclone, only @ 21 survivors from the 120 odd on board. 3000 oz of top end gold and 3000 pounds worth of sovereign s lost and never recovered.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Gothenburg
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I already had the tinny loaded up and was hanging on to the outboard when Sandra read that the captains gold had been recovered :/ sounds like there must have been a lot of gold sunk with the owners but it might be a bit harder to find :lol:
 
davent said:
Start reading at page 130 if only interested in the 1870's gold rush here.

https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/m0016029.pdf

Not sure if its copy righted or not, its on a gov web site, so should be ok, mods free to remove if nessasary.

Enjoy!

dave.
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Nah, you are right mate - Govt sites are for us to use, copyright LONG gone anyway.

Thank you Dave, Kato has a great interest in this type of history, and is currently working with SA State Records as a volunteer.

She has been able to see and handle some things we will never get to see let alone handle, does cataloguing and data... stuff. :/

She will buzz out reading about this, she may even know about it.

(State Records - Attorney Generals Department)

On School holidays we went to a museum in the South East of SA, one of the displays had a document from 'Trove' relating to a reward for ID'ing
shipwreck thieves, she had edited and corrected that very document in Trove for the digital records of the text.

Spins me out the history she knows at 16yrs.

:)

OMG !! Talk about six degree's, links to everything !

https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/m0016029.pdf

This book is written by Gov Daly's wife - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Daly

We live near to an oval in Adelaide, named after Gov Daly, organised by his friend Charles James Fox Campbell, in a suburb later named Campbelltown by Gov Daly.

Kato discovered all this because of an older three pence she detected on the oval, then researched the naming of it, this led her to...

https://www.campbelltown.sa.gov.au/council/local-history/lochend

She has done some photography as a project on the houses mentioned in the article above.

She will be tickled pink. BONUS points for you Dave. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Six degrees all right green hornet I grew up [1957-1981] directly opposite the front gates to Daly oval. I would like to claim that lost thruppence but I don't think I had any money at all back then. Cheers.
 
markgoldhunter said:
Six degrees all right green hornet I grew up [1957-1981] directly opposite the front gates to Daly oval. I would like to claim that lost thruppence but I don't think I had any money at all back then. Cheers.
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LOL, yep it is a surprisingly small world.

That link I put up of Campbell's cottage, is from a Council History Group... I told Kato she should join it... she responded with..
Kato - "I am it"
GH - What ??
Kato - "That's what I do"

:8 :rolleyes: :lol: :lol: That had me by the balls !! She is a researcher and assistant for the group, 16yrs O:)

markgoldhunter - If you can correctly identify, in detail, anything else we have found at the Daly oval, it will be sent to you.

Hint - more silver items, more early coins, certain toys, misc trinkets..... and shirtloads of.. ringpull's (they are my finds :lol: )

Guess good.

;) :)
 
I have a map from the 1890s that covers from Darwin to around beswick showing all the workings and mines.
Its amazing how much was going on.
 
Thanks G.H. the only thing I remember losing at Daly oval back then I cannot mention on this family friendly forum. ;)
 
markgoldhunter said:
Thanks G.H. the only thing I remember losing at Daly oval back then I cannot mention on this family friendly forum. ;)
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

I think I know the spot, found a foil wrapper in the ground under a tree on the embankment..

"Extral Large" printed on it.

:playful:
 

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