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    Discovery of gold in Australia was kept secret for 28 years

    Nearly 200 years ago, a man called James McBrien made a discovery that would dramatically change Australia.
    But it wasn’t until two decades later that others would come flocking.
    That’s because the colonial government wanted to keep his discovery a secret.


    About 16 years later, Polish-born explorer Paul Edmund de Strzelecki discovered traces of gold near Hartley and Wellington, beyond the Blue Mountains in NSW.
    Strzelecki, who famously named Australia’s tallest mountain Mount Kosciuszko, was also forced to keep quiet.


    Then in 1851 – 28 years after McBrien first found flecks of gold at Fish River – a man named Edward Hargraves discovered a “grain of gold” in a billabong near Bathurst.
    This time, it was no longer possible to keep it a secret





    On This Day: An Irishman first discovers gold in Australia (thenewdaily.com.au)
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    Can we do somthing about bobs constant crap posting?

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    When you go to the Cape, visit Maytown, on the Palmer River goldfields.

    Palmer River Goldfields (capeyorkaustralia.com)

    And the best guide for your Cape York trip, " destination Cape York ", has a 2021 edition out now.

    Destination Cape York Travel Guide (capeyorkaustralia.com)


    EDIT It must be pointed out that the travel guide is an E- book.
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

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    The Palmer River gold rush, [ heard of the battle of Lukinville ?]

    If you wanted to cook up a wild adventure story, start with a Queensland river blessed with rich alluvial gold. Throw in a bunch of self-reliant prospectors, an uncontrolled stream of Chinese diggers, Martini-Henry rifles, spirited horses, and a tough indigenous nation that resented and fought the intrusion. Throw it all in a pressure-cooker of Cape York heat, and you’ve got the Palmer River Gold Rush.
    In 1872, two brothers from Victoria, William and Frank Hann, along with a botanist, a geologist and others travelled north on a Queensland Government sponsored expedition to investigate the country “North to the 14th Parallel”. Rugged country even now, in those days Cape York was an area even the toughest settlers and adventurers avoided.



    The Palmer River Gold Rush – Stories of Oz
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    Detecting and 4WDing in North QLD. [ Palmer River area.

    Metal Detecting and 4WDing North Queensland - Part 1. - YouTube
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    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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    Metal detecting N.Qld, the Redcoats camp.



    Metal Detecting: 'The Redcoat's Camp' 1864 - YouTube
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

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    Metal detecting WW2 Brisbane. Also I didn't know there was over 800 tons of chemical weapons stored around Brisbane, By the USA. Thankfully never used. If the Japs had used them it would have been on.

    Metal Detecting WW2 Brisbane: Part 1: Garrett AT Pro International. - YouTube
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking

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