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The answer is on Google , but thats bcause I am googling the correct name as back in the 1800's
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Paul
I learnt this from a Hill End local
Found lots of interesting names. Nothing to link to Poormans Gully yet.
Golden Gully?
Golden Gully?
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Not Golden Gully RR , but it rhymes with Poormans
That was my next guess, Foreman's Gully.
And it was only a guess. Did some good reading tho. Learnt heaps o interesting history.
Thanks.
And it was only a guess. Did some good reading tho. Learnt heaps o interesting history.
Thanks.
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You got it RR .
The original name was Foremans Gully , but probably through poor handwriting , it became known as Poormans Gully , which would distract anyone searching for gold there. Both can be found on Google , but not linked
The original name was Foremans Gully , but probably through poor handwriting , it became known as Poormans Gully , which would distract anyone searching for gold there. Both can be found on Google , but not linked
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Ha interesting RR , there is actually a Foremans Creek
http://heatgg.org.au/he/databases/book-indexes-2/the-hill-end-story-book-3-index/
http://heatgg.org.au/he/databases/book-indexes-2/the-hill-end-story-book-3-index/
Tough one mate 
I was googling foreman's as it sounded the same but could find no link.
I know much more about the Hill End area now
Staying with the theme of place names....
What happened to Elston ?
I was googling foreman's as it sounded the same but could find no link.
I know much more about the Hill End area now
Staying with the theme of place names....
What happened to Elston ?
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No hits on Elston RR , is that the correct spelling ?
Is it a place in OZ ?
Is it a place in OZ ?
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Jim Cavill acquired twenty five acres (10 hectares) of land in an area known as Elston - the place we know now as Surfers Paradise.
Correct mbasko.
IN 1933 ELSTON, QUEENSLAND, WAS A REMOTE and inconsequential seaside hamlet with an excellent beach, a few flimsy cottages, a popular but slightly raffish hotel, and a couple of shops. Then the town fathers got a really good idea. Realizing that nobody was going to travel hundreds of miles to visit a place called Elston (and, more to the point, that nobody was traveling hundreds of miles to visit a place called Elston), they decided to give the place a peppier name, based on something novel and upbeat. Looking around, their gaze fell on the local hotel. It was called Surfers Paradise. (The sport had just become popular in Australia.) The name had a certain ring. They decided to give it a try and see what happened. The town has never looked back
IN 1933 ELSTON, QUEENSLAND, WAS A REMOTE and inconsequential seaside hamlet with an excellent beach, a few flimsy cottages, a popular but slightly raffish hotel, and a couple of shops. Then the town fathers got a really good idea. Realizing that nobody was going to travel hundreds of miles to visit a place called Elston (and, more to the point, that nobody was traveling hundreds of miles to visit a place called Elston), they decided to give the place a peppier name, based on something novel and upbeat. Looking around, their gaze fell on the local hotel. It was called Surfers Paradise. (The sport had just become popular in Australia.) The name had a certain ring. They decided to give it a try and see what happened. The town has never looked back
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Which village south of Mudgee was once NSW's largest gold mining community where it was common for prospectors to yield up to 4 ounces of gold per pan?
It was also known by another name - bonus point if you get it too :lol:
It was also known by another name - bonus point if you get it too :lol:
Beginning as a tent town gold mining settlement in 1852 and growing to have 8 hotels (not all legitimate), a police station/lock-up and post office, Windeyer was once NSWs largest gold mining community. Nestled in a beautiful valley 40km south west of Mudgee, Windeyer is steeped in history. Gold was discovered in 1851 and during that era it was common for fossickers to yield up to 4 ounces of gold per pan. The heritage listed 1911 Windeyer Hotel still operates, as does a caravan park where you can hire gold panning equipment. Some of the worlds best superfine wool comes from the district and in the early 1980s one graziers bale was at auction to the highest price ever secured in Australia at the time.
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Correct - no bonus point though.
Windeyer was originally known as Richardsons Point.
Your go RR
Windeyer was originally known as Richardsons Point.
Your go RR
When was the last fatal attack by a cassowary?
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Me goose
headbut17 said:Me goose
My question on previous page
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Philip Mclean, a 16 year-old boy, and his brother, three years his junior, encounter a cassowary. Despite the size of the brightly coloured flightless bird before them, the Mclean brothers attempt to bludgeon it to death with clubs. It is a fatal mistake. Armed with its long- and sharp-clawed foot, the bird kicks the younger boy, who flees. His elder brother lands a blow on the beast but is knocked to the ground. Lying prone, Philip is kicked in the neck by the cassowary, opening a deadly wound. The boy manages to get up and run but dies shortly afterward as a result of a haemorrhaging blood vessel in his neck.
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6th April 1926
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Ramjet said:headbut17 said:Me goose
My question on previous page
Hey RR , I know that , I say me goose for reading around Surfers Paradise, I kept ignoring it
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