Gold nuggets galore at Sofala Index

Gold Nuggets Galore at Sofala from 1851

By Joyce Pearce

Bathurst, Western Printers  Pty Ltd (reprinted 1982)

Indexed by Margaret & Clare Hennessy July 2011

 

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Ar Gee’s Store 7
Ash’s Tannery, owned by Flynn, Nicholas the Second 12
Barker Mrs (wife of Bishop Frederick Barker) 5
Beech & Company – Importers – 1860 (Photo) 17
Big Oakey Mine 12
Bradshaws Flat School 16
Broughton Bishop – Christ Church, Sofala – 1851 3
Chinamen Diggers Holes (Photo) 20
Christ Church ,Sofala 3
Convent Building – 1872 16
Crosswell – Miner 2
Dawson 9
Dirabba Property (Gorman Family) 8
Dredge Workers 1909 (Photo) 10
Eyre, Billy 11
Flynn, Christopher – Miner 12
Flynn, Christy 11, 12
Flynn, Nicholas – Veterinary Surgeon 12
Foley, Larry – “Father of Boxing” 16
Frawley – Sheep Farmer 14
Gale – Miner 9
General Store – 113 years old 14
George Street, Sofala 5
Golden Point 2
Griffiths, Albert – Boxer 16
Hinton, Dr 15
Howe, Dr Marc (Chinaman) 3
Isle of Dreams (Photo) – Last Chinese Quarter 7
Joss House (Chinese) 6
Kerr’s Hundredweight, Bells Creek 8
Knight – Miner 9
Knight, Hamilton – became “Minister of Labour & Industry” – according to relative 16
Knight, Harry – Miner 15
Lester – Miner 2
Love, Georgie 8
Maloney & Grose – Coach Drivers 9
Mannell, Gladys 13
Mannell, Thomas – Miner 13
McCann (Claim) 2
McDougall, Robert –died in 1853 (Headstone) – Bushranger 6
McKenzie, J K 11
Moore 9
Oak Glen – Oldest Residence at Sofala (Photo) 13
Oakey Creek (Claim) 2
Ophir Strike (1851) 2
Palmer, Rev H A 4
Pitt Street, Sofala 5
Pook Fi – Chinaman 8
Quinn, Anne – 1861 – First child baptised 6
Quinn, William & Matilda – Parents of Quinn, Anne 6
Raffael – Miner 2
Robinson, Henry (Headstone) – drowned in 1851 6
Royal Hotel, Sofala 1860 14
Royal Hotel, Sofala 1860 (Photo) 15
Russell’s Sweet Shop 16
Semple, Robert – New Zealand Parliament – “Minister of Works” – retired in 1954 16
Smeed, John – Builder of Oak Glen Residence – 103 years old 13
Sofala – Map – 1850s – “Richest Gold Bearing Country in Australia” 18
Sofala – Oldest Grave at Christ Church (Photo) 10
Sofala – Only existing Chinese Grave (Photo) 10
Sofala Photo (1903) 2
Spring Creek – (Photo) – “Soil Erosion from early miners efforts” 10
Starlight – Bushranger 9
Tobin, Hannah 11
Turon – (Photo) – Gold Dredged from Turon 19
Wallaby Rocks – 1897 – (Photo) 20
Watson, Caroline Amelia – First death 1861 6
Watson, Frances Nathaniel – (Carpenter) and Watson, Alice – parents of Watson, Caroline Amelia 6
Waughford – Miner 8
Williams, George 8