dugouts

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.