 | Simpson Davison - Geology - 1861 - 538 pages
..."Here it is!" I exclaimed; and I then washed five panfols in succession, obtaining gold from all bat one. No further proof was necessary. To describe my...day in the history of New South Wales. I shall be a baron, you will be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, put into a glass-case, and sent to (lie... | |
 | Simpson Davison - Geology - 1861 - 528 pages
...afterwards. The words I uttered on that eventful day, at the time of the discovery, were — " This is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales ; I shall be Baron Hargraves, you will be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed and put in a glass case !"... | |
 | George Burnett Barton - Australian literature - 1866 - 214 pages
...Conscious that he was about to work a revolution in the country, he exclaimed to his guide :—" This is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales....knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed; put into a glass case, and sent to the British Museum"! 1S60.—THE DISCOVERY AXD GEOGNOSY OF GOLD DEPOSITS ix... | |
 | William Wallace Allen, Richard Benjamin Avery - California - 1893 - 480 pages
...first pan of dirt, found gold, and in his excitement, said to his young guide : " This is a remarkable day in the history of New South Wales. I shall be a baronet, you shall be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, put in a glass case, and sent to the British Museum."... | |
 | Arthur Wilberforce Jose - Australasia - 1918 - 372 pages
...last he turned upon young Lister, who was watching him with some amazement, and " My boy," he cried, " I shall be a baronet, you will be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, put into a glass case, and sent to the British Museum !" Another young bushtnan, James Tom, was now added to the... | |
 | Royal Australian Historical Society - Australia - 1921 - 1010 pages
...Hargraves' excitement grew. He turned to young Lister, who was watching him with amazement, and said: "This is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales. I shall be a baronet, you will be knighted; my old horse will be stuffed, put into a glass case, and sent to the British Museum." llargraves returned... | |
 | Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great Britain) - Metallurgy - 1927 - 670 pages
...was greatly excited, and gave relief to his overwrought filings by saying to his companion : 'This is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales. I shall Ma baroiift. you will be knighted, and my horse will be stuffed, put in a glasjica.se. and sent to... | |
 | 1855 - 848 pages
...laugh, I shall not hesitate to repeat it, because, as it was the natural and impulsive expression of overwrought feelings at the moment, so is it the only...be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, put imo a glass-case, und sent to the Britbh Museum." disappointed. Mr. Ilargravcs was made л comniU-i'inor... | |
 | Robert Raymond - Technology & Engineering - 1986 - 292 pages
...enough for Hargraves. As he wrote later, he immediately made a speech to his audience of one: 'This is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales. I shall be a baron, you will be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, put in a glass case, and sent to the... | |
 | Manning Clark - History - 1993 - 620 pages
...and washed the dirt away till he saw that speck he was looking for. 'There it is!' he exclaimed. This is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales....will be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, and put into a glass-case, and sent to the British Museum.' That did not happen to Hargraves, or his... | |
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This," I exclaimed to my guide, "is a memorable day in the history of New South Wales. I shall be a baroriet, you will be knighted, and my old horse will be stuffed, put into a glass-case, and sent to the British Museum! 
