Godfrey Charles Mundy (1804-1860) was a soldier and author who came to Australia in 1846. His book on Australia was published in 1852 : 'Our Antipodes: or, Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies. With a Glimpse of the Gold Fields.' The Turon River was the site of one of Australia's first alluvial gold rushes.
Gold-mining interest