On the highway I took photos from the car window, to see how they’d come out. I like the lighting and colours in this region. One day maybe I’ll get a chance to stop and take proper photos, but we’re always just passing through on the way to somewhere else. As most of the trip…
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Crown land sale! 25 April 1877 TOWN OF DOUGLAS, NINE MILE SPRINGS. Section A. Lot 1. 1 rood. Upset price £5. Fronting on Sholto and Bruce-streets, bounded by Lots 2 and 11. Lot 2. 1 rood. Upset price £5.. Fronting on Bruce-street, adjoining Lot 1. Lot 3. 1 rood. Upset price £5. Fronting on Bruce-street,…
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Lefroy, population 2000. Once upon a time. Gold was found at Nine Mile Springs at various times, maybe even the first place on the island where it was found, but an 1869 discovery was the find of significance. (I think it was alluvial gold, being the sort you pick up off the ground/out of rivers…
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From A Visit to Lefroy, Examiner, 17 July 1883 It is by no means a compactly built township. On the contrary, it straggles in all directions, and consequently extends over a large area. The streets, too, are at all sorts of angles, and describe some very eccentric turns and curves. Nevertheless, scattered as the town…
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