Gold miners at Mount Grainger |
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| Title : | Gold miners at Mount Grainger |
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| Source : | B 47528 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1880 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 88 x 142 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Gold Miners in the Mt Grainger area Mount Grainger is in South Australia's north near Port Augusta. Gold discoveries have been made throughout South Australia and have often produced early high yields. However these have generally been exhausted relatively quickly. Gold has been found in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Barossa Valley and in the north of the state in locations such as Waukaringa and Teetulpa. |
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| Coverage year : | 1880 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | Mount Grainger |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Annear, Robyn Nothing but Gold Melbourne : Text Publishing, 1999 Blake, L. J. Gold escort Melbourne : Hawthorn Press, 1971 Chilman, J. K. Silver and a trace of gold: a history of the Aclare mine Adelaide: South Australian Dept. of Mines and Energy, 1982. Gee, Lionel CE. Record of the mines of South Australia, [Adelaide, S. Aust. : South Australian Dept. of Mines, 1966] Gold escort re-enactment Adelaide : S.A. Police, Commonwealth Bank, 1986 Hocking, G Gold: a pictorial history of the Australian gold rush, Rowville, Vic: Five Mile Press, 2006, c2000 Jack, R. Lockhart The Mount Grainger Goldfield Adelaide : Geological Survey of South Australia, 1913 (Adelaide : Government Printer) Stone, D. I. Life on the Australian goldfields Carlton, Vic. ; [Sydney] : Methuen of Australia, [1976] |
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