Slide show of pics Hill End & Tambaroora NSW goldrush days:
1860's - 1900's Pics of Australia
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24 Minutes well spent. Thanks for that , Mbasko. That was great. 
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Love it! that is amazing. I couldn't get it to work at first, but after reading the link you posted Casper I got it to work and it's awesome. Thanks for that Casper & Teemore. :Y:
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Was going to mention that as well as "cross eyed" there's also "parallel" viewing method ..... but that link you provided sums it up well.
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mbasko said:
Thanks for sharing, reading Hill End Story Pts 1 & 2 at the moment during our lockdown (thanks Dustin McM.).
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Mbasko!...thanks for sharing this collection of phoyos from the Tambarora-Hill End era....my great-grandfather was a miner and school Teacher in those day's and Irecalled some of the stories my father had passed down from him...including that he regarded and others spoke of those of the mates who worked down in the hard rock mines as 'REEFERS'!...AND BLOW ME TO PIECES THERE IT IS IT'S PROOF.
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Must have pretty smokey in that "Reefers" Hotel.
goldtrapper...and others!...I knew when I chose 'reefer' for my Avatar that it would attract associations of Marijuana use. layful: :Y: In fact Maryjane was in use by some back in the day ,usually in the form of Hashish... :lol: :zzz: hehe,The thing is...and the point I was trying to make is that the photo confirms the old story of my Great grandfather who claimed that the term 'reefer' was what the old hard rock miners considered themselves to be and it confirms without doubt that it had nothing to do with wafting clouds of stupifying smoke!...just saying.
layful: :Y: In fact Maryjane was in use by some back in the day ,usually in the form of Hashish... :lol: :zzz: hehe,The thing is...and the point I was trying to make is that the photo confirms the old story of my Great grandfather who claimed that the term 'reefer' was what the old hard rock miners considered themselves to be and it confirms without doubt that it had nothing to do with wafting clouds of stupifying smoke!...just saying. - Joined
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reefer said:goldtrapper...and others!...I knew when I chose 'reefer' for my Avatar that it would attract associations of Marijuana use.
I totally agree that a reef of gold would have been on their thoughts. But I was feeling jovial this morning.
That's ok mate...I did not take it personally...When I first heard it as a young man back in the 70's...I cracked up laughing and smirking as well! ...but I never forgot it...till many years later back in 2013 when I joined this forum.It was very clear to me that there could only be one Avatar that was right for me When I hear or see people use my Avatar...it fills me with pride knowing that old great-grandfather was a 'reefer'...and I'm still smile'n and smirk'n and lov'in it mate.
...but I never forgot it...till many years later back in 2013 when I joined this forum.It was very clear to me that there could only be one Avatar that was right for me When I hear or see people use my Avatar...it fills me with pride knowing that old great-grandfather was a 'reefer'...and I'm still smile'n and smirk'n and lov'in it mate.- Joined
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This is from the early 1900`s. What sort of puddler is this ? Is it normal for a bloke to sit in the middle of it ?
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Don't think it's a puddler ..... most likely a "whim" ... used to lift/lower stuff from the shaft.
Not sure about the bloke sitting up there .... maybe to control some aspect of its workings.
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Not sure about the bloke sitting up there .... maybe to control some aspect of its workings.
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Someone has to look after the Ass, or Horse.
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The picture is a screenshot i took of footage of a very old film showing it in use , hence the picture isn`t 100 percent clear . Are the 2 barrel looking things ballasts or something ?
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Goldfreak said:that and shade. Probably so he can see the screen of his iphone properlygoldtrapper said:
Back in the good `ole days when you could get good phone reception everywhere.
I think the barrel looking things are for the rope or cable to wind around to lift things up and down the shaft. If it was just a log it would take to long and the horse would have to do too many laps. It also ran a dinamo with usb plug to charge that phone of his as mains power was not yet widely availablejust starting said:
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