Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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An interesting business venture from the 1960s, offering accomodation and opal mining -- and probably very little success or profit!

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0:00 Introduction
0:48 The Offer
4:23 Patreon - THANK YOU
4:58 The Fine Print
10:52 White Cliffs Tribute System
12:19 Acknowledgments

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