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... Queen River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed near ...
... Queen River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed near ...
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... Queen River . They packed their swags and hurried down the ocean beach between the breakers and the sand dunes . Crossing the button - grass plains near Macquarie Harbour , they saw the low sheet of water where old Strahan nestled , and ...
... Queen River . They packed their swags and hurried down the ocean beach between the breakers and the sand dunes . Crossing the button - grass plains near Macquarie Harbour , they saw the low sheet of water where old Strahan nestled , and ...
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... River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above ...
... River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above ...
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A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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