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  • ...afterwards! We had our tea, which consisted of kangaroos' tails boiled in water, with some pepper and salt, which were not by any means palatable, but afte
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  • ...ile Creek is being reworked. In the [[Yackandandah|Yackandandah]] division water is plentiful. Two new quartz reefs have been discovered-one on Twist's Cree ...ims as for old and abandoned ground; and it is probable, with abundance of water, much of the old leads might be made to pay if leases were granted to the m
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  • ...inst. We were obliged to select that day, not only on account of the small supply of rations remaining in the camp, but because we feared that the fine -weat ...ul, and we did not know how long it would be before we should have another supply. After refreshing ourselves, we still continued our ascent, and soon saw Ta
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  • '''BEECHWORTH WATER RIGHTS''' REPORT OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE SUBJECT OF WATER RIGHTS IN THE BEECHWORTH DISTRICT
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  • '''Water rights''' ...e between bank and creek, a claimholder on one having as good right to the water as the claimholder on the other, until the creeks and their immediate banks
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  • '''Water rights''' ...ATION WITH REGARD TO WATER RIGHTS, AND THE MODE IN WHICH THE RIGHT TO TAKE WATER FOR MINING PURPOSES FROM SPRINGS AND CREEKS SHALL, BE REGULATED IN FUTURE.
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  • '''Water rights''' ...hts exist in other creeks. The commission to allot a reasonably sufficient supply in such cases in accordance with the bye-laws in force at the time, such ex
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  • ...ek, are greatly retarded by the drought, and one of the machines, of which water is the principal motive power, has been at times standing for several days.
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  • ...g map of Beechworth division; scale, half-inch per mile. B. Sketch-plan of water-races in Spring Creek and Snake Valley sub-divisions. C. Sketch-plan of water-races in the [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] and part of Three Mile sub-divisions.
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  • ...ng divisions of this district, to recommend any particular scheme of water supply, I am led to conclude that it would be practicable to construct waterworks But as the best sources and mode of supply can only be known by careful hydrographical and hydraulic surveys, 1 would
    5 KB (656 words) - 21:04, 20 November 2015
  • ...events it was of the highest importance, and even if secondary to a water supply, they might safely reckon on that very desirable object following as a matt
    5 KB (871 words) - 21:05, 20 November 2015
  • ...could to remedy this, by procuring railway communication-that and a water supply. The latter, however, would quickly follow the former, and a railway, there
    4 KB (649 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
  • ...ts have been obtained from the surface to the bed rock; but at present the water is scarce, and the miners are busy making dams and erecting puddling machin ...f the creek it has been followed into a swamp, where from the abundance of water it becomes unworkable. There are numerous creeks of similar aspect in the n
    4 KB (675 words) - 21:00, 20 November 2015
  • ...is rather ragged; but in the white run it appears to be considerably more water-worn and nuggets up to 5 oz each are frequently picked out of the dirt. The
    5 KB (794 words) - 21:00, 20 November 2015
  • ...on the land where last week they were racing. One could hardly, credit the water marks on the walls of houses, from the roofs of which the inhabitants had b ...ite twenty per centum under George-street cost; and in purchasing my daily supply of "cut-up" from friend Ball (who combines the tobacco and barber
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  • The alluvial diggings are, with an artificial water supply, practically inexhaustible; and the quartz-reefs may be said - owing to the
    5 KB (750 words) - 21:04, 20 November 2015
  • ...n near the house, and form the well-known Billabong. Force pumps and tanks supply the house on a novel principle. Overseer's house, men's quarters, stables, ...of races the sheep are run through the various processes of cold and warm water, and then on to a good drying ground. An inspection shows at once a vast sa
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  • ...s in the mountainous parts of the country, who can scarcely understand how water can be so valuable.
    6 KB (969 words) - 20:59, 20 November 2015
  • ...ce pump from the Colombo Creek below; and hose pipes laid on from the tank water every part of the garden and orchard in front of the residence. The homeste ...ct was made and partially carried to out make a cutting so as to allow the water of the Murrumbidgee to flow into the Yanko.
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  • ...y or thirty cattle were first cut out of the main mob, and driven into the water. A number of horsemen lining the bank prevented their returning, so they sw ...fference is very great. Here was a fine dam capable of storing a supply of water for two years, the filling in of which was commenced by one man and two hor
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