Australia in the middle of a gold rush
immigrants. People came from the mother country, if you like, here. They came for a better life and they were prepared to endure almost anything to get it. And this is where they lived. They lived in their humble little buildings and in their tents and in their shacks until they could afford someth…
- Record ID
- 4,253
- Year
- 2,010
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 4253
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
- ABC
- Published
- 2010-03-05
- Narrative type
- Ghost Legends
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Location
- Braidwood, NSW (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
- Source voice
- Abc Public Search Gap Candidate
- Publicness
- Public Media Page
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immigrants. People came from the mother country, if you like, here. They came for a better life and they were prepared to endure almost anything to get it. And this is where they lived. They lived in their humble little buildings and in their tents and in their shacks until they could afford something better. There were no kings and queens around here. CHRIS KIMBALL, REPORTER: Tucked into the hills above Bredbo between Canberra and Cooma, preserved by isolation and a brutal environment, sits a pair of gold mining ghost towns. They're living museums of mining history and life as a pioneer prospector. BARRY MCGOWAN: You could almost describe gold as the Tattslotto of the 1890s, or of the 19th Century. This was your one chance, your one chance to really strike it rich. CHRIS KIMBALL: Barry McGowan has tracked many stories of those who made their fortunes or failed. An author and mining hist
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