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giant in Old Melbourne Memories

YEAR
1884
PLACE
Victoria
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giant in Old Melbourne Memories

to Paul de Castella and his partner, another Swiss gentleman. Fortunately for him, pastoral property rose in value prodigiously "after the gold," so that he was enabled to sell the heifer station for five times as much as he got for Yering. However, "unconscious of our doom," we took a long and ple…

Record ID
2,555
Year
1,884
Source
Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2555
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Old Melbourne Memories; Rolf Boldrewood
Published
1884; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Descriptive Belief Records
Public-text label
giant
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
Melbourne, VIC (VIC): B
State or territory
VIC
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to Paul de Castella and his partner, another Swiss gentleman. Fortunately for him, pastoral property rose in value prodigiously "after the gold," so that he was enabled to sell the heifer station for five times as much as he got for Yering. However, "unconscious of our doom," we took a long and pleasant ride through ferny dales, and darksome woods where the giant eucalypti reared their heads to heaven. We watched the sparkling streamlets dash down their course from alpine heights, praised the cattle and horses, and returned with appetites of the most superior description. Our chief adventure was in crossing a water-laden flat,.

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