....Newcrest - Telfer, Australia's largest goldmine (Please note this section is available free from the site;  it is not included on the disk)

40 Years Ago  -  14th October, 1970:  Jean-Paul Turcaud discovers the largest goldmine in Australia. Not only has he received no credit for his discovery, but in a classic example of 'blaming the victim' has attracted forty years of denial and vilification for insisting that his achievement be recognised.

David Tyrwhitt, then Exploration manager for Newmont Australia (now Newcrest), and currently a director of Legend International Holdings, recognises Turcaud as the discoverer of the gossans that became the Telfer mine, but claims discovery of the mine for himself on grounds that Turcaud, who twice brought his samples to Newmont for asessement of their worth, did not assay for gold, whilst he (Tyrwhitt) did - and so pegged Turcaud's discovery.  This epitomises the prospector's concern over dealing with large companies, and the folly of the handshake deal which epitomises the trust between the prospector and the mining company, which used to be common in Australia.      "As a small prospector I was looking for an appraisal of my find rather than attempting to tell what it was to highly qualified geologists who knew better." (J-P Turcaud, Own Report)     "In the light of that I believe in the interests of natural justice the Government is duty bound to consider seriously calling upon all those who are willing and competent to give evidence in this case with a view to determining whether the Newmont company did in fact acquire these mining tenements in a manner befitting a company which was acting with fairness and honesty."  (Tom Evans, Shadow Attorney General, hansard record  - in Sheppard, 2002, The Golden Rule.