Members’ Gallery

Photographs of member’s work including cabs, tumbled and faceted stones.

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Contents

  1. Bob has created a display of many of his opal specimens.
  2. Barrie’s lockdown project
  3. Gallery

Bob has created a display of many of his opal specimens.

Barrie’s lockdown project

Gold rocker cradle – made in 1850s style for washing the gold bearing gravels to extract the gold.

Materials – petrified wood from Durras Mountain, rhodonite from Copeton Dam, (Inverell), bronze shim, and metal fly screen.

Kibble bucket – used in early mining to lift ore to the surface – Chinchilla wood

Wheel barrow – based on 1850s style of barrows on the goldfields

Knife – N. Z. jade with brass fittings

Oyster Knife – N.Z. jade and aluminium

Comb – N.Z jade

Dice – Rhodonite from Copeton Dam, Inverell, with brass fittings.