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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1961

6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Captain’s Flat News Problem of Finding Jobs For Miners From Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1961 · page 6

The New South Wales Government is meeting the problem of finding jobs for 200 to 300 Captain’s Flat miners. This has been revealed by…

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Regional Gold Championships This Weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1961 · page 6

Queanbeyan golf Club will be hosts to golfers from all clubs in the Sothern Tablelands over the…

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Man Injured In Fall At The Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1961 · page 6

While working at the Lake George Mine last Friday, Mr. W. Finley had the misfortune to suffer a fall…

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Gold and Cream Colour Scheme For Fiat Bride

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 October 1961 · page 6

Gold and cream was the colour scheme chosen by Betty Margaret Hush, daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Feature Cobar Will Be The Mining Metropolis Of The Far West

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1961 · page 6

Announcement of the re-opening of the Cobar copper mines has presented a direct challenge to the town’s 2,000 odd population and given the far west of N.S.W. an “industrial shot in the arm.”…

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Captain’s Flat Mine Ore Deposits Nearly Exhausted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 1

The Lake George lead and zinc mine at Captain’s Flat will probably “peter out” about the middle of next year. This was indicated in a…

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