Australian History

[Manpa]

Big Bosom Creek.

 

[Ward69]

The change was 1874 Mounters ...... to BB

 

[user 4386]

Question was - what does BB stand for?

 

[Ward69]

Theres something about a fire , burnt buildings

 

[Ward69]

There was a incident happen at the time Need another clue

 

[Ward69]

Nah has something to with the bribe The meaning of Jericho is moon Or city fallen

 

[user 4386]

The Mining Registrar went in there and noted that the bush was really dense and the miners clothes were ripped and torn - so give it the name now abbreviated to BB. Not bare bosoms as Manpa suggested, but that was close.

 

[Manpa]

bare bums?

 

[user 4386]

I reckon Manpa had better have it - he got two that were close. It was named Bare Bollocks creek.

Over to you Manpa.

 

[Manpa]

Thanks Gr.

What does this memorial commemorate?

 

[Ward69]

Thanks Gr.

What does this memorial commemorate?
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/11747/1570855364_image.jpg

. The 7 states of Australia

 

[Manpa]

sorry, not the seven states of oz.

 

[Manpa]

I occurred in May 1914.

 

[user 4386]

The Great Extended Hustlers mine disaster, Bendigo, that killed 7 men

 

[Manpa]

Correct Goldie rocks, the worst mining disaster in Bendigo gold mining history, I believe over 350 people lost their lives in mining accidents in Bendigo and surrounding districts over the years.

All yours.

 

[user 4386]

I think it was a great deal more than that - during the early years at Ballarat it was about that every year, and I think Bendigo was far worse.

I was a hefty goldfield lass

 

[user 4386]

Ran a Victorian pub and was "much-loved" by the miners

 

[user 4386]

I weighed 22 stone, and had to be brought in on a pack--horse at a charge of nine pence per pound of my weight.

 

[user 4386]

I died soon after and my miner friends decided to carry me a long distance to the cemetery. I was heavy, they were probably drunk, so they gave up part way and buried me beside the road.

 

[user 4386]

This question seems to be a disaster - nobody having a go. I would have thought many Victorian prospectors would have driven past her roadside grave, which is marked with a clearly visible sign on the road (and it is part of local prospecting lore). I'm down to giving the answer away, as I have only one more clue left, and it is a dead giveaway.