The betting ring

Louth Races

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November 12th 2006
At last, we are at the Louth Races. For those of you who are saying, “where the hell is that?” It’s a little place on the Darling River between Bourke and Wilcannia. You might still be saying, “where”? Suffice it to say it’s in Western NSW about 400km East-North-East from Broken Hill. 200km of bitumen then 200km of dirt. As with a lot of town’s in Australia it grew up around a pub. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Broken Hill

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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