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GoldCheddar2005
Julie
Home town hero??? My home town NRL star, retired now! But is a staff fixture working at the club "The Cowboys". He was born in Newcastle, grew up in Proserpine, son of the local veterinarian, played for Proserpine Brahmans as a junior. Played centre.
Paul BowmanGoldCheddar2005 said:
GoldCheddar2005
Julie
Grant you're right! Your turn!
Who was the last of the old time prospectors who rode his horse for a year and a half from NSW to Cooktown?
Fergus O'Beirne
Nope he eventually settled in the Palmer River district in Far North Qld
Another clue he lived on and off at the remains of the hut at Ah Toy's Garden, an old pioneer Chinese Market-Garden on the Palmer River Goldfield.
R.M.Williams
Dan Seymour 
No and No
Another clue he was a legend of the Palmer River Goldfields and ran a gold mill there which had a 3 head stamper powered by a vertical boiler made by Smellie & Co. and by a single cylinder Tangye steam engine. Water for the steam engine was pumped from a well next to the mill. First recorded crushing was on the 8th October 1894 and it was the last working stamper on the Palmer River Goldfields, it had its last crushing in the 1970's.
Another clue he was a legend of the Palmer River Goldfields and ran a gold mill there which had a 3 head stamper powered by a vertical boiler made by Smellie & Co. and by a single cylinder Tangye steam engine. Water for the steam engine was pumped from a well next to the mill. First recorded crushing was on the 8th October 1894 and it was the last working stamper on the Palmer River Goldfields, it had its last crushing in the 1970's.
Loamer you are correct it's Sam Elliot aka The Lone Wolf! I am reading his autobiography at the moment as part of my research on the Cairns goldfields.
The autobiography of Sam Elliot - Edited by S.G St. Clair-Kendall, John Hay Paperback 207 pg
Sam Elliot learnt his mining trade in the rugged mountains of north-eastern New south Wales. He also learnt to live alone and survive where others would die. In 1937, he saddled his two faithful horses and rode for eighteen months until he reached Cooktown in Far North Queensland. When Sam found the Palmer River in 1939 he made it his home. For the next half-century he found adventure, mystery, the remains of a bygone era.
Here is a link which shows photos of his gold mill The Wild Irish Girl. Sam Elliott purchased it in 1940 for 50 Pounds. He rediscovered and opened up a lot of the old mines and worked stone from the surrounding areas for many years. He packed the stone on horses and carried it back to his mill for crushing.
http://nqminersden.com/the-last-mine-standing/
Because of his lonely existence he was named the Lone Wolf. He died in 1986 and is buried in the Maytown cemetery. Maytown is a now abandoned goldfields town.
http://nqminersden.com/maytown-palmer-river-gold-field/
Over to you for the new question.
The autobiography of Sam Elliot - Edited by S.G St. Clair-Kendall, John Hay Paperback 207 pg
Sam Elliot learnt his mining trade in the rugged mountains of north-eastern New south Wales. He also learnt to live alone and survive where others would die. In 1937, he saddled his two faithful horses and rode for eighteen months until he reached Cooktown in Far North Queensland. When Sam found the Palmer River in 1939 he made it his home. For the next half-century he found adventure, mystery, the remains of a bygone era.
Here is a link which shows photos of his gold mill The Wild Irish Girl. Sam Elliott purchased it in 1940 for 50 Pounds. He rediscovered and opened up a lot of the old mines and worked stone from the surrounding areas for many years. He packed the stone on horses and carried it back to his mill for crushing.
http://nqminersden.com/the-last-mine-standing/
Because of his lonely existence he was named the Lone Wolf. He died in 1986 and is buried in the Maytown cemetery. Maytown is a now abandoned goldfields town.
http://nqminersden.com/maytown-palmer-river-gold-field/
Over to you for the new question.
I am a place in Australia with a very significant history. I was first surveyed in 1845. The townsite was gazetted in 1904. In the 1960s I had a special area set-up near me. A conversation took place near this town that remains a very historic but largely unforgotten significant Australian historical moment. What is my town name. I am not a ghost town - there were still a number of people here at the 2006 census.
Would I be Barcaldine with the Tree of Knowledge.
Mackka
Mackka
No, sorry.
One of the people in the conversation became a politician. The town is derived from an indigenous word/meaning which is significant as to why the town was founded in the first place. There is a plaque to mark the spot just out of town to commemorate the conversation. Here is a cryptic clue - number 8 is associated with the town.
One of the people in the conversation became a politician. The town is derived from an indigenous word/meaning which is significant as to why the town was founded in the first place. There is a plaque to mark the spot just out of town to commemorate the conversation. Here is a cryptic clue - number 8 is associated with the town.
Muchea, Western Australia
The towns name comes from the Aboriginal word "Muchela" which means in Nyoongar 'water hole', referring to the abundance of water in Muchea.
In 1960, the Muchea Tracking Station no. 8 was established about 4 kilometres (2 mi) SSW outside of town as part of NASA's Mercury project. In 1962, the first Australian to speak with a space traveller did so from the Muchea facility. The station was closed in 1964.
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/other_stations/muchea/index.html
Here is the conversation:
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/audio/Muchea/John_Glenn_MUC-WOM_Pass_1.mp3
The towns name comes from the Aboriginal word "Muchela" which means in Nyoongar 'water hole', referring to the abundance of water in Muchea.
In 1960, the Muchea Tracking Station no. 8 was established about 4 kilometres (2 mi) SSW outside of town as part of NASA's Mercury project. In 1962, the first Australian to speak with a space traveller did so from the Muchea facility. The station was closed in 1964.
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/other_stations/muchea/index.html
Here is the conversation:
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/audio/Muchea/John_Glenn_MUC-WOM_Pass_1.mp3
Which early prospector and explorer became frustrated that his discoveries were creating great wealth for others but was barely able to finance his own expeditions?
GoldCheddar2005
Julie
I actually didn't read properly, blame Kane, I m very tired after a day out in the creek. I only ever go for half a day, between school runs.
