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... McDonough was born at Deloraine on 6 February 1859. During the next two years the McDonoughs settled on a farm at Black Forest , on the Latrobe road , four miles from Deloraine . Here Michael McDonough was born on 13 April 1861. While ...
... McDonough was born at Deloraine on 6 February 1859. During the next two years the McDonoughs settled on a farm at Black Forest , on the Latrobe road , four miles from Deloraine . Here Michael McDonough was born on 13 April 1861. While ...
Page 29
... McDonough an equal share if payable gold was found . When rich gold was found , Dixon had legal ownership and laughed at McDonough's protest . Bill McDonough left the mine and wandered over the west coast for years , finally becoming a ...
... McDonough an equal share if payable gold was found . When rich gold was found , Dixon had legal ownership and laughed at McDonough's protest . Bill McDonough left the mine and wandered over the west coast for years , finally becoming a ...
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... McDonough , alone of the discoverers , enjoyed the fruits of his toil . Bushman , prospector and miner , he roamed the coast for ten years before he returned to his old mine and worked for wages as an underground miner . Here Crotty met ...
... McDonough , alone of the discoverers , enjoyed the fruits of his toil . Bushman , prospector and miner , he roamed the coast for ten years before he returned to his old mine and worked for wages as an underground miner . Here Crotty met ...
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