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Southern Cross

Boom town, Australia.

About Southern Cross

Town in Western Australia. A gold find here in 1888 caused excitement before the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie rushes.1,2

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Mines

Worked atKoolyanobbingKoolyanobbing is about 50 km north-north-east of Southern Cross.3

Events

Led toBayley and Ford find gold at CoolgardieBayley took 554 ounces to the warden at Southern Cross.4Led toGold found in the Kimberley (Halls Creek)A Southern Cross find in 1888 followed Kimberley gold in 1885.4

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q983647 (Southern Cross)
  2. The Rush for Gold Western Australian Museum
  3. 2020-21 Minerals Yearbook, Australia (advance release) US Geological Survey
  4. The Rush for Gold (WA Goldfields) Western Australian Museum

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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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.