The Cradle of a Nation
The truth about Ophir’s gold discovery in 1851 (Parts 1 & 2)
by John Rule, Yagoona, 1979
| Description | Vol | Page |
| Abercrombie River | 2 | 71 |
| Arthur, James | 1 | 23, 35, 43, 55 |
| Austin, Mr | 1 | 60, 63, 64 |
| Bathurst | 1 | 58, 60, 63 |
| Bathurst | 2 | 79, 81, 86 |
| Bathurst Gold Escort in Aug 1851 | 2 | 113 |
| Batty ?, (geologists) | 1 | 36 |
| Belubula Copper Mining Company | 1 | 9 |
| Brisbane Water | 2 | 79, 84, 94 |
| Brown, Thomas | 1 | 41, 42 |
| Burrandong | 1 | 37 |
| Burrandong (on the Macquarie) | 2 | 102 |
| Carangarra Copper Mines | 1 | 58 |
| Carrier’s Arms Hotel ( Bathurst) | 1 | 23 |
| Clarke W.B. (Rev) | 1 | 7 |
| Clarke, W B (Rev) Commissioner of Lands | 2 | 73, 116, |
| Clement, J F | 1 | 9 |
| Coombing Park (Carcoar) | 1 | 9, 34, 35, 52, 53, 57 |
| Cornish Settlement ( Byng) | 1 | 9, 12, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 58 |
| Cornish Settlement (Byng) | 2 | 72, 115, 119 |
| Cruickshank Mrs, (Hargraves cousin) | 2 | 100 |
| Cruickshank, Alexander | 1 | 41 |
| Cruickshank, Mary | 1 | 41 |
| Cudgegong River | 2 | 102 |
| Davidson, Simpson (geologist) Queanbeyan | 1 | 28, 30, 31, 32 |
| Davison, Simpson | 2 | 108 – 110, 114, |
| Dubbo | 2 | 89 |
| Emu Creek | 2 | 76 |
| Epitaph of Sarah Tom and William Tom | 2 | 119 |
| Esmond, “lucky” Jim, Clunes | 1 | 33 |
| Fisher, Alderman | 2 | 98 |
| FitzRoy, Charles Augustus Sir, | 2 | 111, 118 |
| FitzRoy, Governor | 1 | 31, 60, |
| FitzRoy, Mary Lady | 2 | 111 |
| FitzRoy’s Bar` | 1 | 55 |
| Fredrick’s Valley, Lucknow (copper mines) | 1 | 9, 35 |
| Gipps, George (Governor) | 1 | 6,7 |
| Glasson, John | 1 | 9, 12, 16, 58 |
| Glasson, John (owner copper mine) | 2 | 72 |
| Green ?, manager of Perrier’s sheep run | 1 | 36, 37, 39 |
| Guyong | 1 | 60 |
| Guyong | 2 | 76, 79, 81, 84, 89, 94, 100, 115 |
| Guyong Inn | 1 | 53 |
| Hardy, John R (Chief gold commissioner Western Dist) | 1 | 62 |
| Hargraves’ Bar | 1 | 55 |
| Hargraves, Edward Hammond | 1 | 5, 26 – 28, 30-35 |
| Hargraves, Edward Hammond Commissioner | 2 | 71- 75, 76-95, 98-121, |
| Hawke, George | 1 | 12, 67 |
| Hawkins & Lane | 1 | 53, 55, 57, 60, 63 |
| Hector, Thomas Caption | 2 | 77 |
| Hector, Thomas Captain (Bathurst) | 1 | 26, 27, 37, 53, 60 |
| Hectors Station | 1 | 37 |
| Icely, Mr. | 2 | 79, 85, 110, 114 |
| Icely, Thomas (merchant, Magistrate and M.L.C | 1 | 9, 34, 35, 52, 60 |
| Jamieson, Mr. (cattle station owner) | 2 | 77 |
| Jamieson, Tom | 1 | 36 -39, 45 |
| Kerr, Doctor | 2 | 72 |
| Kerr’s Hundred-weight | 2 | 72 |
| Lane, Richard | 1 | 9 |
| Lang, John Dunmore (Dr) | 1 | 35,47, 52, 53, 62 – 64, |
| Lewis Ponds | 2 | 76 – 78, 81, 85 – 87, 99, 102, 106, 107, 115 |
| Lewis Ponds Creek | 1 | 36, 37, 41, 43, 52, 53, 55 |
| Lister, John | 1 | 5 |
| Lister, John | 2 | 72 – 88, 95, 98 – 100, 108, 114 – 118, 120, 121 |
| Lister, John Hardman Australia Junior (son) | 1 | 19-24, 26, 35 – 46, 48 -53, 57, 58, 62 – 66 |
| Lister, John Hardman Captain (Master Mariner) | 1 | 19, 21 – 23, 26, 33, 35 -37 |
| Lister, Mrs. | 2 | 76 – 78, 83, 84, 89, 98, 114 |
| Lister, Sarah | 2 | 72 |
| Lister, Susan (nee Pymble, wife of) | 1 | 19, 21, 35, 36, 43, 47, 50, 51, |
| Lister’s Bar | 1 | 55 |
| MacGregor, “the gold-finder” | 1 | 34, 41, 42, 53 |
| MacGregor, Hugh, Inverness | 1 | 7, 28, 31, 34 |
| MacGregor, shepherd | 2 | 77, 79, 109 |
| Mackie, Eliza wife of Edward Hargraves | 1 | 27, |
| McBrien, James (government Surveyor), Inverness | 1 | 6 |
| Mitchell, Francis | 1 | 21 |
| Mitchell, Thomas Sir | 2 | 73 |
| Mitchell’s Creek | 1 | 41 |
| Molong (copper mines) | 1 | 9 |
| Morton Bay | 2 | 94 |
| Mudgee River | 2 | 102 |
| Murchison, Roderick Sir (noted British Geologist) | 1 | 9 |
| Neal ?, (geologists) | 1 | 36 |
| Neal Mr, (brewers son) | 1 | 64 |
| Nimitybelle | 1 | 28, 31 |
| Nimitybelle | 2 | 108, 109 |
| Norahville (Hargraves property) | 2 | 116, |
| Northwood, (a businessman) | 1 | 34 |
| Norton, James Senior (solicitor) | 1 | 34 |
| Norton, Mr. | 2 | 79, 110 |
| Oakes, F Mr | 2 | 71 |
| Ophir | 1 | 57, 58, 63 |
| Ophir | 2 | 71, 72, 90, 94, 95 |
| Ophir at the junction in 1851 | 2 | 80 |
| Ophir diggings at Summerhill Creek | 2 | 96-97 |
| Peek, Samuel | 1 | 21, 31, 33 |
| Peek, Samuel | 2 | 108 |
| Pymble, Susan see Lister, Susan | 1 | 19 |
| Radigan’s Gully | 1 | 36 |
| Rockley (copper mines) | 1 | 9 |
| Rocks (area near Guyong) | 2 | 77, 79, |
| Rocks Inn | 1 | 35 |
| Rudder, Augustus | 1 | 30, 32 |
| Rudder, Enoch | 2 | 114 |
| Rudder, Enoch (smelter & metallurgist later grazier) | 1 | 30 – 32, 53, 60 |
| Rudder, Julius | 1 | 30, 32 |
| Second Anniversary Dinner 1853 | 2 | 74 |
| Sheep Station | 1 | 43 |
| Sheep Station Creek | 2 | 119 |
| Smith, Robert | 1 | 9 |
| Smith, William Tipple (mineralogist) | 1 | 7 |
| Springfield | 2 | 94, 122 |
| Springfield ( at junction Sheep Station & Lewis Ponds Creek) | 1 | 12, 16, 17, 37, 39, 42 – 46, |
| Steel A G | 1 | 9 |
| Strahan, Frederick | 2 | 72 |
| Strzelecki, Count Paul | 1 | 6, 9 |
| Stutchbury, Samuel (government Geologist | 1 | 57, 58, 67 |
| Stutchbury, Samuel (government geologist) | 2 | 73, 89 |
| Summerhill Creek | 1 | 7, 36, 37, 41, 58 |
| Summerhill Creek | 2 | 76, 77, 81, 85 – 87, 88, 89, 102, 106, 107 |
| Suttor, Mr (boiling down plant) | 1 | 14 |
| Suttor, Mr. | 2 | 86 |
| Tallwood (Lister’s property) | 2 | 116 |
| Thomson, Deas Sir | 2 | 109 – 112, 114, |
| Tom, Ann (wife of) | 1 | 11 |
| Tom, Annie | 1 | 42 |
| Tom, Charles | 1 | 47 |
| Tom, Henry | 1 | 42, |
| Tom, James | 1 | 5 |
| Tom, James | 2 | 73, 81, 89, 94, 102, 108, 114, 116, 118, 120 |
| Tom, James (son) | 1 | 11, 16, 18, 37, 39, 45, 47, 58, 62, |
| Tom, John (son) | 1 | 45, 46, 58 |
| Tom, Mary (daug) | 1 | 11 |
| Tom, Nicholas (son of William Tom Senior) | 1 | 16 |
| Tom, William (jnr) | 1 | 5 |
| Tom, William Junior | 2 | 72, 73, 76, 81-89, 94, 102, 108, 114, 121 |
| Tom, William Junior (son, born at sea) | 1 | 11, 18, 23, 37, 42, 45 – 47, 50 |
| Tom, William Senior (Parson Tom) | 1 | 9, 12, 14 – 16, 39, 42 – 46 |
| Tom’s Bar | 1 | 55 |
| Trappitt, Mr. | 2 | 79 |
| Trappitt, William Mr. | 1 | 7, 36, 45 |
| Turon bank diggings at Sheep Station Point | 2 | 105 |
| Turon River | 2 | 72, 82, 86, 87, 100, 101, 106 |
| Vale of Clwydd | 2 | 77 |
| Valley Field Estate, Campbell’s River (copper mine) | 1 | 9 |
| Walford, Josreph | 1 | 33 |
| Walker, John (blacksmith) | 1 | 60 |
| Wellington | 2 | 71, 77, 79, 87, 100, 109, 110, 120 |
| Wellington Inn, Guyong | 1 | 35, 36, 43, 47, 53, 58, 64, |
| Wentworth, Mr. (Chairman of this Committee) | 2 | 90 |
| Wentworth, William Charles | 1 | 9 |
| Yorkey | 1 | 7, 36, 45, 46 |
| Yorkey’s Corner (site of shepherd Yorkey’s hut) | 1 | 36, 37, 45 |
| Yullundary William Tippitt’s property | 1 | 36 |
