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822 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 42
Sofala is very dull; every one is complaining -- many of the storekeepers are leaving, and in a short time my humble self will be numbered amongst the departures. But notwithstanding the dullness of Sofala there are various parts of the river, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In my last I complained of the want of rain, since then we have been favoured with a seasonable and abundant supply. The effect of this has been of course most beneficial to the country at large, and in the event of our not, being troubled with any early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our numbers here are steadily increasing, several parties having arrived here during the past week. The lower end of Oakenville Creek seems to be the favourite spot selected by the new comers. In fact, it begins to wear the appearance of a township. Most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After leaving Tarcutta, the road passes through a thickly wooded, undulating country, poorly grassed, and intersected by a number of small watercourses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under the above heading appears in Harper's Magazine (New York), of December, the clearest and most graphic description of the English colony in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—I haston to put you in possession of reliable information on the subject in which we are so deeply interested,—yourselves most immediately,—viz., the yield of gold from the quartz, sand, &c., which I have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR, -- On the 16th instant, there took place at Mullinderry Police Office a Government land sale, where one hundred and thirty acres of densely wooded and unimproved land were sold in various lots for £1572 -- the upset price was one pound per acre…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the beginning of last year the great bulk of the peoplo in England cared no more about the "Gold Districts of Australia" than if such districts existed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This is one of the oldest camps in the southern mines, and in appearance it is the meanest and most uncomfortable. It has long been a place of considerable trade, and a good many miners have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No change is to be reported in the price of gold this week, which has been throughout at 77s. It is stated that gold-buying at the Ovens is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following communications are published in the Maitland Mercury, of Saturday:— HANGING ROCK AND PEEL. Swamp Oak, near Tamworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SWAMP Oak, near Tamworth, March 22.—I have just returned from a visit to the Hanging Rock. The Peel, and the Swamp Creek on the Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN such widely-circulated newspapers as the Weekly Dispatch startle their readers with announcements like those to which we adverted last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The arrivals from Port Phillip have been small, owing to higher rates ruling there than in this market. The quantities coming forward from our mines is fully an average, and no doubt will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is an increase in the quantity of gold sent down this week from the West and South, but otherwise we have but little to report of our gold fields. In the West, the Meroo appears very prosperous, the number of miners…
Continued on Trove, page 107 →Considerable dulness has pervaded the market for the purchase of gold this week, owing to the non-arrival of the steamer Adelaide, and ships from London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday, the Western Gold Escort arrived at the Colonial Treasury, but brought gold only from Bathurst and Sofala; the advices from the Assistant Commissioner at Sofala stating that, in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →I have little new to communicate to day, Many parties are doing well in the old workings, and I still expect that the diggings will be extended. The last rain induced several diggers to come in from the rivers, and knowing where to commence work they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are above 400 now engaged in mining operation, for twelve miles along this creek. Their success, on the whole, is very good; there are a great many, though, who are not earning their rations, the causes, whereof are various firstly -- because…
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