The Sacred Nugget In the late 1890s, Kanowna experienced a gold rush frenzy culminating in the hoax of the “Sacred Nugget.” A fake gold find, manipulated by pranksters using scrap iron and gold paint, in…

#history #western_Australia #ghost_towns #gold_rush #genealogy
My latest blog for the @ghostswa.bsky.social project
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What happens when villages are abandoned? Life finds a way.
#ecology #ghost_towns #science #biodiversity