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    "minor spectacular" What is that exactly? More than just a coal minor??
    I’m no genealogist …
    Until this year I spelled it “GeneOlogist!"
    ;)

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    oh miss read it... dont worry LOL
    I’m no genealogist …
    Until this year I spelled it “GeneOlogist!"
    ;)

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    • #3
      ok its "mining speculator" I googled but cant seem to find an answer. Anyone know what this job is?
      I’m no genealogist …
      Until this year I spelled it “GeneOlogist!"
      ;)

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      • #4
        someone who speculates by investing time/money in finding stuff in the ground through mining??
        Did he work for himself or as an employee?

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        • #5
          At the bottom end of the market, digging holes in Coober Pedy looking for opals. At the high end, buying tracts of land full of iron ore.
          Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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          • #6
            London investors sinking huge sums of money into non-existent Australian gold mines

            Beverley



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            • #7
              Originally posted by Macbev View Post
              London investors sinking huge sums of money into non-existent Australian gold mines
              I remember one such, soon after I started work, circa 1965. Can't remember the name though.
              Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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              • #8
                Courangie??

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                • #9
                  ok... so the person with this job.... could he have been the Director of a Gold Mine?

                  I have found a photo that says:
                  "Joseph Holt - Director of the Queen Cross Reef Gold Mine Co of Charters Towers, Queensland. 1922"

                  Looking at my Holt line there are a few Josephs in the one family that are miners. I am pretty sure of who it is as one of them died in 1922, and the man in the photo looks nice and healthy
                  I’m no genealogist …
                  Until this year I spelled it “GeneOlogist!"
                  ;)

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                  • #10
                    Sounds extremely likely to me.
                    Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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                    • #11
                      Ok I was just going through the electoral roll and the Joseph who is the "mining speculator" died the year this photo was taken :( How sad. I am now pretty sure its him

                      Thanks for all your help
                      I’m no genealogist …
                      Until this year I spelled it “GeneOlogist!"
                      ;)

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                      • #12
                        oh man... now I am really confused.

                        Here are the 2 families.

                        Living in Sellheim Street in 1903
                        Joseph - mining speculator
                        Elizabeth - home duties
                        Robert - miner

                        Living in Baker Street in 1903
                        Joseph - miner
                        Sarah - home duties

                        The bottom Joseph is the son of the top Joseph

                        I thought the "mining speculator" would be the gold mine director but he died in 1910 and the photo was taken in 1922.
                        Could his son (the 2nd Joseph, who dies in 1922) have taken over his fathers job as director?

                        In 1919 Joseph is still listed as a miner living with Sarah in Baker street.

                        He dies aged 52 which fits the age of the man in the photo

                        I’m no genealogist …
                        Until this year I spelled it “GeneOlogist!"
                        ;)

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