Northern Flinders Ranges trip June 2004
Sue driving towards the Northern Flinders Ranges
Driving towards the Northern Flinders Ranges
Jim's old GPS being used.....
Northern Flinders Ranges in the distance
Using the GPS with Oziexplorer "moving map" software (1:50,000 maps)
How can you go wrong heading to "Beautiful Valley"!
Parachilna Gorge
Blinman township in the rain
(for history of this area click here)
The old Blinman mine area
More of the old Blinman mine area
Mini history of the Blinman mine
Robert Blinman would
not have had too many $10 notes to gamble with, but he was able to convince
others of the richness of the copper outcrop. When the lease was issued on 1
January 1861 it was made out in the names of Robert Blinman, Alfred
Frost,
Joe Mole and Henry Alford. They all contributed to the $80 needed for the
first year's rent. Their lease was one of 116 others taken out that year in
South Australia and eventually became the largest and most productive copper
mine in the
Flinders Ranges.
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