DNA used to identify sailor of doomed 1845 Franklin arctic expedition – Port Elizabeth in the News: DNA used to identify sailor of doomed 1845 Franklin arctic expedition: A sailor of the infamous doomed 1845 Franklin arctic expedition was identified using DNA samples from a living relative in South Africa. Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews. Coronavirus … [Read more...] about DNA used to identify sailor of doomed 1845 Franklin arctic expedition – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
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Dug out houses along Burra Creek South Australia. Early miners from 1845 lived in these dugouts until the early 1850s.
Dug out houses along Burra Creek South Australia. Early miners from 1845 lived in these dugouts until the early 1850s. Image by denisbin Burra was the largest inland town in Australia in 1850 and much bigger than places like Brisbane. The Victorian and NSW gold rushes of 1851 changed all of that forever. Burra is not mch bigger today than it was in 1850. Copper was … [Read more...] about Dug out houses along Burra Creek South Australia. Early miners from 1845 lived in these dugouts until the early 1850s.
