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The cattle wander all over the town, a very large Miners Common, often getting in the way of traffic which just manoeuvres around them
Gem Towns Part 2: Sapphire

July 30th 2014
Our first hint that all was not quite as we would expect a town to be was when we crossed a cattle grid at the edge of town and then saw a sign which told us to be careful of livestock on the roads. In Sapphire, the grids keep the livestock in the town precincts, not out of them. We discovered later that the town has the rights to a Miners Common, created in the 1890s and which cover ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Queensland

Australian Flag 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
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