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... Creek . He was fossicking at Lynch's thirty years later , old and infirm , a prospector to the end . News of Lynch's find was carried by word of mouth to the Pieman where a few score diggers left their bush camps , shouldered their ...
... Creek . He was fossicking at Lynch's thirty years later , old and infirm , a prospector to the end . News of Lynch's find was carried by word of mouth to the Pieman where a few score diggers left their bush camps , shouldered their ...
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... creek that ran down from the plains , five miles to the north- east . His mate , Harry Everett , cut his way up the ... Creek , and the first men to use it were Con Lynch and a group of miners whom he had engaged at Heemskirk . Lynch ...
... creek that ran down from the plains , five miles to the north- east . His mate , Harry Everett , cut his way up the ... Creek , and the first men to use it were Con Lynch and a group of miners whom he had engaged at Heemskirk . Lynch ...
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... Creek . After resting , the prospectors descended a small creek and stumbled on one of Gould's camps , marked by an old shoe , a brandy bottle , and some enamel cooking utensils . They sunk a hole in the gravel , but panned no gold ...
... Creek . After resting , the prospectors descended a small creek and stumbled on one of Gould's camps , marked by an old shoe , a brandy bottle , and some enamel cooking utensils . They sunk a hole in the gravel , but panned no gold ...
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