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Pat's Opals (found at www.patsopals.com and www.patsopals.com.au) is produced by Graphics Technologies Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. What connection does a city firm have with opal miners in the Outback? Patricia (Pat) Gregory is our director Mark's mum.

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CREDITS

We are indebted to the individuals and organisations who provided assistance during the preparation of this site. Particular thanks are due to:

• The residents of Opalton, Queensland.

• Sorrel Wilby for her kind permission to reproduce some of her photographic and written work in this site.

  Sorrel Wilby is an award-winning adventurer, author, photographer, journalist, television presenter, keynote speaker and artist. Her numerous adventures inlcude the world's first complete traverse of the Himalayas, a solo 3,0000 km trek across Tibet, cycling 17,000 km through Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Thailand, and climbing all the major peaks and ranges on the African continent. Sorrel is the author of numerous books and TV documentaries.

• Maria at:
  Errol Street Photographics
  353 Victoria Street
  West Melbourne, VIC 3003
  Tel/Fax +613 9328 1013
  for the opal photography in Pat's Opal Shop.

• Ged Bulmer, Editor of 4Wheeler Magazine.
  PO Box 119, Oakleigh, VIC 3166, Australia.
  Tel +613 9567 4134; Fax +613 9563 4554.

• The poetry appearing on our opening screens is from My Country by Dorothea MacKellar (1885-1967).

The following resources were
consulted for reference

• The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.

• Sorrel Wilby and Chris Ciantar, 'Opal Essence', 4Wheeler Magazine, Autumn 1995, pp70-71, 73.

• Sorrel Wilby and Chris Ciantar, 'The Rock and a Hard Place', The Australian Way, March 1995, pp10-12, 14.

• Winton (brochure), compiled by Winton Tourist Promotion Association, PO Box 44, Winton, QLD 4735, Australia.

• Winton Mud Map Tours, compiled by Winton Shire Council, Winton, Queensland, Australia.

• Guide to Queensland Fossicking Legislation (pamphlet), Department of Minerals and Energy, Queensland Minerals & Energy Centre, GPO Box 2564, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.

• Opalton Designated Fossicking Land (information sheet), compiled by Department of Minerals and Energy and Winton Shire Council, Queensland, Australia.

• Readers' Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Readers' Digest.

• Discover Australia, Readers' Digest.

• Aboriginal Mythology, Moodrooroo, Thorsons: London, 1994.

• Stones of Fire: A Woman's Experiences in Search of Opal, M. D. Berrington, Robertson & Mullens: Melbourne, 1958.

• The Opal That Turned into Fire, Janet Mathews (compiler), Magabala Books: Broome (Western Australia), 1994.

• Waltzing Matilda Centre website.

• Destination Queensland website.

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