Peter Christianos
ABSALOM’S OUTBACK PAINTINGS, Jack Absalom & Jocelyn Burt, 1987. ABSALOM’S OUTBACK, John Mabey, 1981. AUSTRALIA & AUSTRALIANS, R.M.Younger, 1982. AUSTRALIAN PUB CRAWL, Douglas Baglin & … Read more
1869 Blackall Station overseer finds Boulder Opal on Listowel Downs near Adavale 1871 Pride of Hills first Opal mining lease near Toompine 1871 Eromanga fields … Read more
In 1871 the first Opal lease in Australia was registered south of Quilpie. Very little work was carried out on the 360 acre lease other … Read more
The Winton Mining Area encompasses a vast region of intermittent opalisation, famous for patches of brilliant black boulder opal pancakes. Also home to ‘Lark Quarry’ … Read more
Yowah township is situated 165 km West of Cunamulla and has a friendly population of around 100 people. A bore was sunk in 1912 for the mining settlement and has never failed since.
White Cliffs – discovered by George Hooley who was in a party of Kangaroo hunters in 1884. ‘Australia’s First Opal Town’ was developed after the … Read more
J.K. Rowling‘s highly acclaimed Harry Potter series mentions Opal four times: 1). Harry sees the cursed necklace that has killed 19 muggles in Borgin and Burkes in … Read more
