Karaka Creek
View of the Halcyon Gold Mining Company, Karaka Creek, Thames
Date: ca 1870s
Reference: 1/2-065411-F
Description: View of the Halcyon Gold Mining Company, Karaka Creek, Thames photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1870s The claim existed until 1877 when its name changed to the Karaka. In 1868 Reverend Viscesimus Lush, the first vicar of Thames, visited the claim. The name reverted to Halcyon in 1906 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Looking over Karaka Creek, Thames, showing Una Hill and the Una Battery
Reference: 1/2-065413-F
Description: Looking over Karaka Creek, Thames, showing Una Hill in the background, with Una tramway leading down to Una Battery. The Battery is the twin building with a brick chimney and overshot waterwheel. The dark roofed building in the right foreground is probably Scanlon's Battery. There is a tramline in the foreground. The Una was a large claim, with adits driven in both sides of Una Hill. It worked from 1868 to 1878, them continuing under other names until at least 1930. Up to the latter date, total bullion produced from the claim was about 30,000 oz. This is an early photograph. The tramline in the foreground was a contribution by the Government.(Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).