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Central Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

5 stories in Central Coast's papers

Solitude. the Remains of an Old Mining Township

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1926 · page 12

I remember an old painting that drew my interest many years ago. It was called "Solitude," and depicted a scene on the Nile with the ruins of…

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Coal at Wyong

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 2

The Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Mines:— In reply to your communication of…

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Who Found Gold at Lambing Flat?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1926 · page 8

Who did find the first gold at Lambing Flat! At Young Chamber of Commerce it was said that a man named Sheedy got the reward, and claimed…

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Ross Wins Rowe Cup. Compton Secures Gold Medal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 11

One of the largest crowds since the open cycle road race of August last, rolled up to see the last of the series of races for the "Rowe" Cup…

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"No Man's Gold."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1926 · page 8

Tom Mix is back—the old Tom Mix. The two-gun, two-fisted, hard riding Buckaroo, with rough and ready cowpuncher togs, back in a picture that…

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