Compiled by Ron McKenzie Author of ‘Sweat, Tears and Blood Red Opal’. The following timeline is chronicled from articles in various newspapers and from records … 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
Coober Pedy ‘Kupa Piti’ is an Aboriginal name meaning ‘White Man in a Hole’ in the language of the Kokatha people the traditional owners of the area. … Read more
