Just to say a big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the
identification of these photos as Ravenswood Gold Mine in Queensland, or
given additional information. We are now working on finding a home for
them.
Lynne Mayers
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From: Alwyn Evans
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:20 PM
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Subject: Re: Mine Photos Malaysia Australia? Lawrence Wilder?
Completely off the subject but coincidental, but that's where W Pritchard
Morgan, the 'Welsh Gold King' made his mark as a lawyer, mining speculator
and newspaper proprietor in the 1874-83 period. One of his most
controversial cases was when he tried to 'gag' the Northern Miner by
bringing a case against its proprietor Thadeus O'Kane initially for libel
and then for 'breach of peace' under a statute 522 years old and dating back
to Edward III. TROVE will find you numerous articles about the case in the
Northern Miner between 9 May and 28 November 1882.
Donald Hector Johnson's excellent paper 'To Silence a Jackdaw gagging the
'Northern Miner' , Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland,
vol 15, no2, Feb 1994, pp.299-312
(http://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/article/ede2e5f38b0f18fbd33098fffd257d50)
is a fascinating read, characterising Morgan as a 'shyster, womaniser and of
doubtful professional provenance'. The case provided the spur for Morgan to
quit Queensland and return to Britain in March 1883, and there start again
on his shady activities, at Readwin's expense, in Gwynfynydd.
Alwyn
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> On 20 Sep 2016, at 18:46, David Hardwick <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>
> A search of Australian Newspapers gives the following
>
> The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1874 - 1954)
> Sat 17 Jan 1914 in the section "RAVENSWOOD NOTES"
> "...correspondence comprised letters
> from the C.P.S. inquiring whether the
> Council had any objection to offerto the renewal of dairy
> slaughteringlicenses to the following applicants:--J. C. Stockham, Michael
> Markham,Jang Lum Kee and Lee Gow. ItFix this textwas decided to offer no
> objection.."
> http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/79172945?searchTerm=Jang%20Lun%20Kee%E2%80%99&searchLimits=
>
> Ravenswood was a mining town
>
> May be a red herring
>
> Regards
>
> Davdi
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:27:18 +0100
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Mine Photos Malaysia Australia? Lawrence Wilder?
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We have just rescued two mounted photos of an un-named mine, non-UK
>> (despite them being marked on the back ‘Mr Ward, The Surveyors Office,
>> Birmingham’). It shows various head-frames, chimneys, water towers and
>> waste heaps in a very flat landscape, in what appears to be a renovated
>> operation. (New offices, fences, roadways etc.). A general store is
>> called ‘Jang Lun Kee’, and the entrance sign might say ‘E. Lawrence
>> Wilder’. Photo probably 1930s? There is white goat nibbling at something
>> on the side of the road. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where
>> this might be? We are trying to trace an appropriate home for them.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Lynne Mayers
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