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A Woman Gold-Seeker : Mrs Pryke, of Koranga Creek, New Guinea single work   column  
Issue Details: First known date: 1929... 1929 A Woman Gold-Seeker : Mrs Pryke, of Koranga Creek, New Guinea
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Twice sent back to Sydney suffering dengue fever and malaria, on her third attempt Mrs Pryke finally managed to join her prospector husband at the Koranga Creek goldfields. The life there suited her and she prospected and mined in her own right.

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  • Includes photographs of the camp at Koranga Creek and some of the local inhabitants, as well as a portrait photograph of Mrs Pryke.

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