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A correction re the Queenstown, Tasmania, memorial

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382263) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jun 18

I really need to lift my game. I wrote about a sculpture in Queenstown and thought it commemorated the death of three men in 2013. However further research tells me it is in honour of 42 miners who died in October 1912 when fire...

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A lighthouse at Hell's Gate, Strahan, Tasmania

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382263) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jun 18

While in Tasmania on holidays, we had two nights in Strahan on the west coast. Only half an hour from Strahan is Queenstown which was once a thriving mining town. Copper is still mined there. Some years ago we travelled on a...

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