The Kimberley Goldfields
A telegram from Derby on Monday says:— “A police party has arrived from the goldfields. They found a good road from Derby. Only 50 men were on the field when they were…
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Discovery of a New Gold Mine in Queensland
Another gold mine, supposed to be of the same character as the famous Mount Morgan mine, has been discovered at Tarangabar, 25 miles north of Rockhampton, near the coast…
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A miner who has been on the Kimberley gold field for three weeks, and who has arrived at Townsville by the [?] Hero, states that he walked from Derby to the goldfield. There…
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The Rajpo[?] another steamer with miners for the Kimberley goldfields (says the Daily Telegraph) left Port Jackson on Friday last. The vessel came through from Adelaide and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Miners’ Strike at Wollongong. Serious Disturbances
Matters connected with the strike of the coal miners at Wollongong have been assuming a very serious aspect. According to a statement by Mr. Lahiff, the manager of the…
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Pierce Grace, Henry Howard, Joseph Davis, WDL Grayson, Henry Gray, and Chas. Hargraves, six Wollongong miners, were charged at the local police court on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kimberley Goldfields. Deported Murders by Blacks. Caution to Miners
A correspondent; writing from Fle[?]ber’s Creek (about 100 miles from the diggings), under date July 12, [?]e:— “Just a few lines to inform you that one party has reached [?]ne…
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The following letter has been addressed to The Argus :— “Sir,—I just venture these few lines on your valuable space for the benefit of future diggers to the Kimberley gold fields…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Colliery Explosion in Lancashire. Thirty Men Entombed.[by Submarine Cable.] London, August 13
A disastrous colliery explosion took place to-day at the woodend pit, Lancashire Thirty men are known to be below, and etrenuous efforts are being made to effect their…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →An Historical Gold Cup
A CURIOUS law suit over a gold cup, which, though no larger than a good-sized cream pitcher, is worth [?]40,000, is now pending in Paris. The treasure was presented by James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discouraging Reports From Kimberley. the Goldfield Described As a Failure
The steamer Tagliaferro, which arrived at Melbourne wharf on Tuesday from Wyndbam, Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia, brought back for the southern colonies and New…
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The correspondent of The Argus, writing from Silverton on Sunday, says :—" Hearing last week that chloride of silver had been found at the surface on the Round-hill…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Kimberley Goldfields. A. Terrible Tramp. Warning to Those Who Propose Going to the Field
The following private letter from one of the intending diggers who left Sydney for the Kimberley has been placed at oar disposal,' and we giro it in full, as a piece of authentic…
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The Government Resident at Fort Darwin has received a letter from Mr W. J. O'Donnell, in which he requests that the following telegram may be forwarded to the Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Tales and Adventures. No. 2 GOLD
"Whet, me I me go to these ere new diggin's? Well, if I was as young as I was once, may be I might, but not at my time o' life; oh, no. Besides, I've had enough o'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Lyell Goldfields
It is reported that one of the Mount Lyell (Tasmania) prospectors has sold a portion of his interest for £12,000. The prospectors and others who returned to Hobart on Friday…
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The most self-important man in the world is your utterly independent squatter—that is, next to your independent selector. If the excess of muscular manliness in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suicide by Plunging Down a Mine. a Fall of 300 Feet
A shocking case of suicide occurred at Ballarat, on Monday, a mining contractor named Frank Mitchell killing himself by plunging bead first down a shaft. Mitchell…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Kimberley Goldfields. the Diggings Pronounced a Failure
The special correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald gives anything but a flattering [?] of the Kimberley goldfields in the following letter:…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Mount Lyell Goldfield
A recent letter from Mount Lyell, Tasmania, says:—“From what I have seen it is evident that there is a big future before Mount Lyell. An [?]riferous deposit, which is like…
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