Eve Lamb
It’s said the gold was once so abundant out Strangways way, beyond Newstead, you could lift it by the shovelful.
So the story goes – and it’s a good one as are many in the new history on Strangways, jointly authored by three dedicated local history buffs.
One of them is longtime Strangways resident, devoted history sleuth Joan Sartori.
Joan has joined forces with fellow history hounds, Derek Reid of Welshmans Reef, and Melburnian researcher Ken James, to co-author the insightful 398 page volume.
“One of my father’s brothers, my Uncle Edgar Ramsey worked on the gold dredges here as a labourer and I can still remember him saying they picked gold up by the shovelful,” Joan says.
Strangways’ golden past, its fortunes and tragedies, are among the wide-ranging aspects to receive attention in the new volume. Read more in today’s Mail…