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Darling District
 

Distance From Sydney                         Distance from Drayton
to Drayton                                             to Brisbane

 

  Miles Total      
From Sydney to Armadale in New England   351 From Sydney to Drayton   590
  "      Armadale to [Falconer] 25     "       Drayton to [MacKay] water holes 12  
  "      [Falconer] to [Stonehinge] 20     "       [MacKay] water holes to Tent Hill 10  
         [Stonehinge] to Glen Innes 8     "      Tent Hill to Downies Inn 15  
         Glen Innes to Dundee 15     "      Downies Inn to Owens Inn 15  
         Dundee to Balivie ([orbys]) 23     "      Owens Inn to Ipswich 15  
         Balivie to Tenterfield 22     "      Ipswich to Brisbane 25  
    113     92
From Tenterfield to Maryland 48       682
          Maryland to Warwick 30        
   "      Warwick to Eton Vale 40        
          Eton Vale to Drayton 8 126      
    590      

 

Fish Found in Condamine River

The most esteemed fish found in the Condamine are the rock Cod, many of these caught are of a large size & are most delicate eating, they are found in the Creeks & branches within a few miles of the main dividing range, & in such abundance that the shepards & other workmen salt them down for after use.

Coal Found in this District

This district is abundantly supplied with the best discription of Coal this mineral is seen cropping out on Cliftion plains, on Cunning & Darling downs.
 

Thermometer in the Shade in Sydney. 3rd February 1855 From the Herald

Never in the memory of the "Oldest Inhabitant" was Sydney so hot as during tge last three days of the present week. Moultan, in the dry days was a joke to its, and Moultan they say, is next door to Tartarus. The thermometer in the shade started at 112 degrees, and in the blaze at noon the sun was somewhat to [can't read]. A canopy of red hot brass seemed to glow over the devoted City. The atmosphere was that of a dull dry [terrie case] with scarcely a breath of air.

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