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Tathradj said:
....I am a town.....Nimbin
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....I am a town.....Nimbin
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This is a great question.....you have me all over the shop....that said.
I am a racetrack...Bathurst.
I am a racetrack...Bathurst.
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Ive been there, remember it, got cut at the pub and then climbed to Pooles cairn.
Probably nothing to do with the cryptic clues but Ive had a go !!!!
Ive been there, remember it, got cut at the pub and then climbed to Pooles cairn.
Probably nothing to do with the cryptic clues but Ive had a go !!!!
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Macquarie river, Bathurst ?
The town of Ophir.
The Hatton brothers, Will and Jack, and Edward Hargraves found payable gold in February 1851 at the Ophir gold diggings, located at the confluence of Summer Hill Creek and Lewis Ponds Creek . Hargraves was awarded 10,500 (worth $1,125,434 in 2004 values) by the NSW Government.
The first reported gold discovery in NSW was made by James McBrien, a lands Department Surveyor.
McBrien was engaged in the survey of a road along the Fish River, between Rydal and Bathurst and at one point in the survey recorded the following note in his field book: "At E. (End of the survey line) 1 chain 50 links to river and marked a gum tree. At this place I found numerous particles of gold convenient to river."
Following this report numerous gold discoveries were made in New South Wales but these were hushed up by the Government fearful of the consequences it would have on business enterprises and on the pastoral industry if workers left for the goldfields. There Hargraves washed out six pans of gravel obtaining a grain of gold in five out of the six pans. Later Hargraves and Lister, joined by James Tom, prospected the Macquarie River where they won a little more colour.
In March 1851, Hargraves explained to Lister, James Tom and his younger brother ,William Tom how to make a cradle similar to those he had seen on the Californian goldfields. On its completion Hargraves demonstrated its use in the Lewis Ponds Creek. Hargraves then left for Sydney where he tried unsuccessfully to reveal to the Colonial Secretary where he had discovered a payable goldfield for an award of 500.
During the remainder of the month Lister and Toms won 16 grains of gold from Lewis Ponds Creek using the cradle they had built.
In early April, Lister and William Tom moved with their cradle to the junction of Lewis Ponds Creek and Summer Hills Creek, later to become the site of the Township of Ophir. There between the 7th and 12th of April 1851 they recovered about 120g (4 oz) of payable gold; the first to be won in NSW and in Australia.
The Hatton brothers, Will and Jack, and Edward Hargraves found payable gold in February 1851 at the Ophir gold diggings, located at the confluence of Summer Hill Creek and Lewis Ponds Creek . Hargraves was awarded 10,500 (worth $1,125,434 in 2004 values) by the NSW Government.
The first reported gold discovery in NSW was made by James McBrien, a lands Department Surveyor.
McBrien was engaged in the survey of a road along the Fish River, between Rydal and Bathurst and at one point in the survey recorded the following note in his field book: "At E. (End of the survey line) 1 chain 50 links to river and marked a gum tree. At this place I found numerous particles of gold convenient to river."
Following this report numerous gold discoveries were made in New South Wales but these were hushed up by the Government fearful of the consequences it would have on business enterprises and on the pastoral industry if workers left for the goldfields. There Hargraves washed out six pans of gravel obtaining a grain of gold in five out of the six pans. Later Hargraves and Lister, joined by James Tom, prospected the Macquarie River where they won a little more colour.
In March 1851, Hargraves explained to Lister, James Tom and his younger brother ,William Tom how to make a cradle similar to those he had seen on the Californian goldfields. On its completion Hargraves demonstrated its use in the Lewis Ponds Creek. Hargraves then left for Sydney where he tried unsuccessfully to reveal to the Colonial Secretary where he had discovered a payable goldfield for an award of 500.
During the remainder of the month Lister and Toms won 16 grains of gold from Lewis Ponds Creek using the cradle they had built.
In early April, Lister and William Tom moved with their cradle to the junction of Lewis Ponds Creek and Summer Hills Creek, later to become the site of the Township of Ophir. There between the 7th and 12th of April 1851 they recovered about 120g (4 oz) of payable gold; the first to be won in NSW and in Australia.
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Tathradj said:
Um you want to think of something
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Snowy river, South east Australia ?
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turon river
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Bega - Bemboka river
TUENA--GOD HELP US !!!!
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Delegate River gold Diversion Tunnel/river
One of my old stamping grounds up there. And has a lot of potential. (Bloody Snakes as usual)
It is incredible on how they drove that tunnel through. Do you know that it actually has riffles cut into the floor of it.
I had the rare chance to walk it when the river was low.
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It is incredible on how they drove that tunnel through. Do you know that it actually has riffles cut into the floor of it.
I had the rare chance to walk it when the river was low.
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