ARTUNGA HISTORICAL TOWN

struck it rich

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August 24th 2010
We struck it rich, so sorry everyone we will not be returning home now. Colin, Mali and I did some fossicking at GEM TREE (40km’s east on Plenty H’way - off Stuart H’way) and found approx 35 garnets. We actually did a fossicking tour; we worked our arse off for 4 hours playing in the dirt. Sifting, sorting, picking and shoveling. It became a competition with Colin as I found the first 5. O ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Meekatharra

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more