Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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The story of The Opal Hunters is a tale of adventure at Lightning Ridge. A very familiar tale.

I've been sitting on this video for a long time, waiting for all of the pieces to fall together in just the right way -- and here it is. I still cannot believe the string of coincidences that lead to me discovering this comic book.

If you're interested in Lightning Ridge appearing in unexpected forms of media, be sure to check out The Shadow of Lightning Ridge about the 1920s silent film: youtube.com/watch?v=8AJgZhS1D6o (and stay tuned, because there'll be more in this series of videos!)

Special thanks to Barbara Moritz, Brad Peadon and a comic book collector in New South Wales.

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IDU theme remixed by fraxyl: fraxyl.bandcamp.com
Other music by Russell Gawthorpe: soundcloud.com/datazoid

"Cowboy Sting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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