Inspired by the strange look the free-roaming cows gave me as I ran down the road between Sapphire and Rubyvale. Under the Fossicking Act, the Gemfields are designated a miners common, thereby allowing residents the right to permit a few head of livestock to graze freely throughout the town. These cows seem to have a good life, and know most of what goes on in the Gemfields, I reckon.
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Gemfields News- Gemfields sapphire miners relieved as Queensland government halts small-scale mining claim reforms - ABC News April 19, 2024
- Lisa Millar digs deep in BACK ROADS Gemfields special - TV Blackbox February 20, 2024
- Lisa Millar meets the new-age gem hunters of Queensland's Gemfields - ABC News February 19, 2024
- Queensland's Gemfields inspired an Australian movie, but what really happened there in the 1970s? - ABC News January 13, 2024
- Gemfields sapphire miners raise concerns over proposed limit to mining claim tenures in Queensland - ABC News October 4, 2023
- Gemfields sapphire miner puts cars like vintage Cadillac, Bentley on show for travellers - ABC News August 19, 2023
- After more than a decade caravanning in Queensland’s Gemfields, retiree finds sapphire worth $300,000 - ABC News July 21, 2023
- Australia's famous sapphires and their colourful history starting in Queensland's Gemfields - ABC News December 21, 2022
- Queensland government lifts new small-scale mining claim ban, proposes new, short-term leases - ABC News November 10, 2022
- Rains reveal 834-carat sapphire the size of 'small child's fist' in Queensland Gemfields - ABC News October 22, 2022
