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... track from Strahan to Howard's Plains , the scene of Howard's discovery . The track cutters , George Meredith and Ted Peevor , received the miserly sum of £ 10 a mile , and the violent oaths of every prospector who dragged heavy pack ...
... track from Strahan to Howard's Plains , the scene of Howard's discovery . The track cutters , George Meredith and Ted Peevor , received the miserly sum of £ 10 a mile , and the violent oaths of every prospector who dragged heavy pack ...
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... track , made of young saplings laid along the track , might float , sink , or up - end - cracking the horse and spattering the rider with mud . For a time packhorses jogged along from Strahan to Lynch's Creek until the track became so ...
... track , made of young saplings laid along the track , might float , sink , or up - end - cracking the horse and spattering the rider with mud . For a time packhorses jogged along from Strahan to Lynch's Creek until the track became so ...
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... Track Government Track STRAHAN Misery Flat HOWARDS PLAINS Mt. Sedgwick Mt. Lyell LINDA DIGGINGS Mt Owen Woody Hill Mt. Huxley HARRIS ' REWARD Mr. Jukes King R. GORGE Macquarie Harbour Birch's Inlet Mt.Strahan Mt. Sorell Mt FARM COVE ...
... Track Government Track STRAHAN Misery Flat HOWARDS PLAINS Mt. Sedgwick Mt. Lyell LINDA DIGGINGS Mt Owen Woody Hill Mt. Huxley HARRIS ' REWARD Mr. Jukes King R. GORGE Macquarie Harbour Birch's Inlet Mt.Strahan Mt. Sorell Mt FARM COVE ...
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