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Opal Mining in Australia

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Clare

Clare Report 15 Jan 2006 16:47

My gt gt grandfather left England in the early 1910's to mine opals in Australia. Just as he was about to bring his wife and 2 children over to join him, he died. Has anyone any idea how I can track when he died? I don't have a clue where in Australia he died. Thanks Clare

Heather

Heather Report 15 Jan 2006 16:52

Have a google search, theres bound to be a lot of info on the web. In fact I just did it and it came up with literally thousands of sites, so if I were you add the word 'history' to a search as there was a very good site about the beginning of opal mining.