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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1861

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1861 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon last his grace Archbishop Polding, assisted by the Rev. Fathers Corish and M'Carthy, consecrated the new Catholic Church at Uralla. The attendance…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1861 · page 2

DURING the past week a decided Change for the better has taken place in the weather. Instead of the parching drought prevalent for a number of weeks past, we are now…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1861 · page 2

AN accident, which I am sorry to say terminated fatally, happened here on Wednesday. The deceased, John Roney, was, with his brother in law, working a gutter…

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The Northern Gold Fields. the Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1861 · page 2

HOW uncertain is life! Another fatal accident occurred on this gold field on Monday last, the cause of which was somewhat similar to that of the accident which it was…

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