Our History | Golden age of the Gorge

By Julian Burgess, Launceston Historical Society
Updated August 12 2018 - 11:27am, first published 8:00am

Rumours of gold being found in Launceston’s Cataract Gorge first surfaced on March 12, 1857 with a brief item on page three of The Examiner.

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