Australia: Eureka Gold Mines Ltd., £1 shares, 189[9], #1355, red. Registered in 1898 to acquire 118 acres of leases in the Northern Territory of South Australia. The large and sparsley area was administered by South Australia until 1911. Gold was first found in 1871 triggering a rush at Pine Creek, 140 miles due South of Darwin. This mine was located near Housschildts Rush and was one of the largest properties, being worked mainly by Chinese. VF.