gold discoveries
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Sofala
Located on the Turon River just north of Bathurst, Sofala was established as a township ... continue
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A brief history of ...
The land and its first inhabitants have been here for hundreds of thousands of years ... continue
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Junee
Originally established as a cattle station named Jewnee Run, Junee takes its name from a ... continue
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Alectown
The tiny rural community Alectown in the Central Western plains of New South Wales was ... continue
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Hill End
With reports of payable gold discoveries in 1851 and 1852, this land west of the ... continue
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Batemans Bay
Traditionally the land of the Yuin Aboriginal people, the south coast town of Batemans Bay ... continue
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Ophir
Ophir, just north of Orange, was originally inhabited by the Wiradjuri Aboriginal people ... continue
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Joseph Jehoshaphat Harpur
HARPUR, JOSEPH JEHOSHAPHAT (1810-1878), journalist and member of parliament, elder brother of Charles, was also ... continue
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Hamilton Charnock Mott
MOTT, HAMILTON CHARNOCK (1871-1963), newspaper proprietor, was born on 1 June 1871 at Hamilton, Victoria ... continue
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94/188/2 Book, Hargraves, Edward ...
Edward Hargraves (1816-1891) claimed to be the first to discover gold in Australia when, on ... continue
Source: Powerhouse Museum
