Interesting tale of a poem hidden under a survey cairn atop Mount Coree on the ACT western ranges.
Message in a bottle from a time when Canberra was young...
The Canberra Times 9 September 1969.
National Library of Australia
Friday, July 4, 2014
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History lost through lack of funding
The following ABC article laments the possible loss of many historical audio visual records that are waiting for digitising into modern fo...
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If anyone is looking for a place to do a little gold prospecting might I suggest the mighty Goodradigbee in the Brindabella Valley. I'll... -
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The following ABC article laments the possible loss of many historical audio visual records that are waiting for digitising into modern fo... -
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