RV TRAVEL
This area was known as the ‘ Golden West ’. Old Halls Creek was the site of the original gold mining community where prospectors followed the gold up the creeks and gullies from Brockman to Old Halls Creek . Today , some of the original mud buildings are protected from the belting sun and weather by a huge shed .
The 1885 gold rush was short and sharp here , but it bought people from the coast and from as far away as California . At its peak , the town had stores for commercial and private trade . Out the back of the old town is a memorial for the RFDS that was erected for its 90th anniversary , as this is the location where the idea for a remote doctor service originated . In July 1917 , following the accident of stockman Jim Darcy , the Royal Flying Doctor Service was born .
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