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The Opal Rush: How Coober Pedy Began
From a teenager's 1915 find to the opal capital of the world — the story of the rush.
3 June 2026 · 1 min read
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In 1915, opal was found here by a teenage boy on a gold-prospecting trip with his father, and within a few years prospectors were arriving from across the country and the world…
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