Further Rich Gold Discoveries at Mac's Reef. Tuesday afternoon
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1866 · page 2
THE reef at Mount Lazarus discovered to be exceeding rich, far beyond anything discovered on Mac's Reef as yet. The stone from the surface down is completely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbery of the One Thousand Ounces of Gold Aboard the Steamer Barwon
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1866 · page 3
THE Barwon, steamer, which arrived in Sydney on Monday last from Dunedin, brought amongst other freight twenty-two boxes of gold dust, each containing one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Barwon Robbery.—recovery of the Gold. From the Empire, June 8th
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1866 · page 3
AFTER the great anxiety which the Barwon gold robbery had caused to the company who own the steamer, and to Mr W. W. Marsh, their agent here, it affords us much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CORRESPONDENCE. [It must be distinctly understood that we do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] the Gold Fields' Amendment Act. To the Editor of the Queanbeyan Age
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1866 · page 3
DEAR SIR,—Allow me to draw your attention and that of my fellow diggers to a subject deeply affecting their interest as a class, and not theirs only, but through them that of the whole community. I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushman's Australian Tales. Jasper Lee; a Tale of the Goldfields. (Written expressly for the Queanbeyan Age.)
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1866 · page 4
THE year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-one will always be considered an eventful epoch in our Australian history, as it will be remembered that in May of that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushman's Australian Tales. Jasper Lee; a Tale of the Goldfields. (Written expressly for the Queanbeyan Age.) [CONCLUDED.]
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1866 · page 4
The Eagle Hawk Gully rush, at Bendigo, broke out soon after, and away started our hero once more in quest of fortune. It was a drizzling wet day, when he arrived on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wedden Mountain Gold-field
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1866 · page 2
A CORRESPONDENT of the Bathurst Times, writing on the 19th November, says:— The news from this new field continues to improve every day, and from parties who arrived in town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weddin Mountain Gold-field. Extract from Report of Mr Superintendent Lydiard, on State of Emu Creek Gold-field, forwarded to the Inspector-General of Police. "The Camp, Emu Creek Gold-field, "November 30th, 1866
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 December 1866 · page 2
"I have to report everything on this rush most quiet—in fact, I never was on a similar place where there was so little drunkenness or rowdyism. The police have never been called on, nor have we had a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Report
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1866 · page 2
We propose to furnish our readers with a few facts as to mining and social affairs, and thus put the public in possession of reliable data, on which to draw their own conclusions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weddin Mountains Gold-field. Weddin (Via Young), Monday, December 10
Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1866 · page 2
THERE are now about 5000 persons on the Emu Creek Gold-field, and many are still arriving, whilst there are but few leaving. Perfect order has been maintained, and up to this…
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