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Moonta

Boom town, Australia.

About Moonta

Former local government area in South Australia.1

Where next

Mines

Worked atMoonta MinesMoonta lies close to Moonta Mines.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q24997939 (Moonta)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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