Weldborough

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Weldborough: Former mining town in the middle of the rainforest, established in the 1870s. That’s the whole town, other than a few houses. Once upon a time it was much bigger (and if you go to Google Maps and look at the town in map view, you can see the outlines of the now-gone roads in the property boundaries).

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I regret to say our time did not permit us to visit the Argus, Garibaldi, and ether mines in that vicinity, our business taking us on to Weldborough. This place is a good-sized township, and situated on a large plain, it also being known by the name of Thomas Plains. There is a Chinese camp, butchers’ shop, hotel, store, also a Government school and resident schoolmaster, who, we found, gave every satisfaction. On this large plain there is a very nice farm which is an ornament to the place, the owner being Mr. Bryce. I may mention here that the scenery is very pretty, the plain being surrounded on all sides by a myrtle country.
Launceston Examiner, 4 August 1888

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