More gold at Drake
Saturday 8 January 1910, The Sydney Morning Herald
A GOLD DISCOVERY.
TENTERFIELD, Friday.
Another rich gold find is reported from Gerard’s Crook, Drake. It is a considerable distance south of the previous find.
Local news from newspaper archives
Saturday 8 January 1910, The Sydney Morning Herald
A GOLD DISCOVERY.
TENTERFIELD, Friday.
Another rich gold find is reported from Gerard’s Crook, Drake. It is a considerable distance south of the previous find.
Written by macalba
July 6, 2010 at 6:08 am
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This blog presents local news taken from newspaper archives, recording the minutiae of everyday life in a bygone age.
Newspapers were the main, if not the only, source of news and information for much of that time. For this reason we can get a deeper glimpse into everyday life a century ago, than we might gleen from today's newspapers.
[... and in the process of doing this, I'll learn more about the history of the area in which I live. I'll concentrate on northern New England, at least initially, rather than the entire New England area, as that's the part I'm more familiar with.]
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