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	Walkabout - Anakie
		Anakie, Rubyvale and Sapphire are, as the latter two names suggest, gem-fossicking settlements.
		Anakie is located 305 km west of Rockhampton on the Capricorn Highway and 951 km from Brisbane.
		Anakie describes itself as 'the Gateway to the Gemfields' and the important gemfields are appropriately located at Sapphire and Rubyvale.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/QLDAnakie.shtml (777 words)

	ANAKIE, CAPRICORN COAST, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
		Anakie is situated in Queensland's Central Highlands, off the Capricorn Highway, west of Emerald.
		Anakie hosts the Gem Fest which is held every year in August.
		Anakie also has your accommodation covered with a bed and breakfast, caravan park and hotel.
	www.australianexplorer.com /anakie.htm (197 words)

	Geelong Australia - Anakie
		Anakie is a small rural village, with about 40 houses scattered around the area on various blocks and acreages.
		Anakie has figured prominently in the resurgence of Geelong''''s wine industry, with one of the region''''s first new vineyards established in 1968, four kilometres north of the village.
		The area was occupied by Frederick Griffin''''s Anakie pastoral run from 1842, south of the Anakie hills.
	www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au /Visiting_Geelong/Towns/Anakie (281 words)

	Anakie, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anakie is a rural township between Geelong, Victoria, and Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia.
		Attractions in Anakie include the Brisbane Ranges National Park and Fairy Park.
		Staughton Vale and Balliang are smaller villages in the Anakie district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anakie,_Victoria (289 words)

	Gemfields (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Anakie township is off the highway about 45km from Emerald; Sapphire is 9km north of Anakie, and Rubyvale a further 8km.
		Though well worked, the Anakie Fields are the best place for the newcomer to pick up tips; old hands proceed directly to the Willows, 27km west of Anakie.
		Gems were first discovered in 1870 near Anakie but until Thai buyers came onto the scene a century later operations were low-key, and even today there are still solo fossickers making a living from their claims.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/queensland/gemfields.asp (1103 words)

	Australian Sapphires
		The Anakie field which is located 43km west of Emerald covers an area of about 900km2 and includes the townships of Anakie, Sapphire, Rubyvale and Willows.
		On the Anakie field sapphires occur in Tertiary and Quaternary alluvial deposits derived from the weathering and erosion of alkali-volcanic rocks, mainly basaltic lavas, pyroclastics and volcaniclastics of Tertiary age and underlying Palaeozoic basement rocks.
		The basement of the Anakie field consists of old metamorphic rocks and sediments of Late Proterozoic to Ordovician age (600 to 435 million years) known as the Anakie Metamorphics and Fork Lagoons beds, and granitoids of the Retreat Batholith which were intruded into them in Devonian times (350 to 380 million years).
	www.gem.org.au /sapphire.htm (2663 words)

	Anakie battles massive bushfires - image gallery : ABC Ballarat
		The Brisbane Ranges erupt into flames threatening the tiny town of Anakie; hundreds of firefighters answer the call, while residents stand their ground and fight for homes and property.
		While the crucial threat to the town of Anakie seems to have passed this Monday afternoon, he declares the problems have not gone away for Anakie's residents.
		At that stage a weather front was expected to change the wind direction from north-easterly to south westerly, with wind speeds already pushing upwards of 70km/h in Victoria's western districts.
	www.abc.net.au /ballarat/stories/s1553519.htm (941 words)

	FOSSICKING IN OZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Anakie sapphire deposits occur in beds of "wash".
		By 1985 when mining activity on the fields was only a fraction of its mid 1970'2 peak, the potential prosperity of an active tourist industry, with sufficient sapphire-bearing ground to support it, was seen as the real future of the area.
		Remarkable are The Stonebridge Particolour of 202ct, which was cut into two stones, a yellow and a green, and the equally famous "Stonebridge Green", one of Mick Stonefield's famous collection of impressive sapphires, a stone of impressive size, a yellow and green of 194 carats.
	www.ozbird.com /oz/subtopics/gemstones2.html (163 words)

	I'm not a hero I'm just a bit tired: six days fighting bushfires in Anakie :: ABC Ballarat
		Hear from an Anakie local as he enters his sixth consecutive day behind the wheel of the town's firetruck, battling fires in the Brisbane Ranges.
		It's 8am Thursday morning at Anakie's local sports oval, and while outwardly the firefighters preparing for the day's work are joking and chatting amiably, the weather forecast for Australia Day is not good.
		Colin is back in the Anakie fire truck cabin after the night shift team have headed home for a well deserved break, having worked their 12 hour shift overnight to quell hotspots - a team made up of CFA volunteers from Shellford and Dereel, roughly 50-100km west of Anakie.
	www.abc.net.au /ballarat/stories/s1555662.htm?backyard (894 words)

	Anakie and Brisbane Ranges National Park, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
		Anakie is a township west of Werribee on the edge of the Brisbane Ranges National Park.
		Anakie is midway between Bacchus Marsh and Geelong.
		A few minutes drive from Staughton Vale is Victoria's richest wildflower habitat and the state's highest density of koalas which live in the park's mana gums.
	www.babs.com.au /staughtonvale/anakie.htm (208 words)

	Anakie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		About 16km from Geelong is the interestingly named town of Anakie, set at the foot of the Brisbane Ranges.
		I visited in September 2002, and whilst photographing the Anakie Fairy Park I could not help but notice the town has a more generous than normal supply of CMPs.
		No CMPs here, but I just had to share this picture of the entrance to the park which is built on a granite outcrop on Mt. Anakie.
	www.oldcmp.net /anakie.html (309 words)

	Parks Victoria: Brisbane Ranges National Park page
		Set in a low range of mountains dissected by rocky gullies, the unusual geology of Brisbane Ranges National Park has preserved plants that have long since vanished from the region, together with a correspondingly diverse bird population and the greatest density of koalas in Victoria.
		Squatters arrived in the 1830s, concentrating their farming activities on the fertile land to the east and south along the Moorabool River.
		Anakie Gorge walk is a selfguided trail along Stony Creek.
	www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=73 (751 words)

	HUFB Events
		After rallying at Corio we were told the fire was "GOING" and that Anakie was in danger.
		The smoke issuing from the direction of Anakie was an ominous sight and didn't auger well for what lay ahead.
		On the drive back into Anakie you could already see the spot fires occurring in the paddocks just to the north of the town.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~htnufb/NavPages/AnakieFires.htm (978 words)

	Davey - Sprinkler system saves Anakie home
		A sprinkler system for householders in highly bushfire-exposed locations has demonstrated its effectiveness in a major fire that engulfed the Anakie district of Victoria in the last week of January.
		This Anakie home was saved from destruction by bushfire by a Blaze Control bushfire sprinkler system supplied by a Davey Firefighter engine powered pump.
		The latest incident at Anakie is the third of the sprinkler installations where a total save has been effected.
	www.ferret.com.au /articles/fc/0c03f4fc.asp (579 words)

	An4 - Mt Anakie - Maar
		Between Mount Anakie and unnamed central cone immediately east of road.
		The depression is the only defined eruption point crater in the Anakie group, as the others have been covered by the last ejections of scoria.
		This is the only example of a maar in the study area and one of the best preserved volcanic craters on the Werribee lava plains.
	www.nre.vic.gov.au /DPI/Vro/portregn.nsf/pages/port_lf_sig_sites_an4 (248 words)

	[Jewelry making - Article 00263] - [Orchid] [Gemlab] Heat Treating Sapphires from The Anakie district, Australia.
		http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/gemlab13.htm ___________________________________________________________ Heat Treating Sapphires from The Anakie district, Australia.Sapphires in Australia were first reported to occur in N.S.W. by Strutchbury in 1851, as a result of gold prospecting operations.
		The Anakie District sapphires described in this study were classified using a sorting table equipped with transmitted fluorescent light.
		It should be mentioned that not all varieties are encountered in a specific mining area; neither are or found in a given lot of sapphires.
	www.ganoksin.com /orchid/archive/9807/msg00263.htm (1469 words)

	Geelong Parks & Gardens - Brisbane Ranges National Park
		There are picnic grounds at Stony Creek and Anakie Gorge, with wood barbecues (you have to bring your own wood), tables, seats and toilets.
		Peregrine falcons, powerful owls and rainbow birds are just some of the 180 species you may see in the park.
		The goldrush began in 1851; gold was discovered in the Anakie hills and the town of Steiglitz was born.
	www.greatoceanrd.org.au /geelong/parksgardens/brisbaneranges.asp (313 words)

	Sapphire
		Similar rocks and volcanic terrains are found throughout the highlands of eastern Australia, and extend from Cooktown to Tasmania.
		On the Anakie field basaltic lavas, pyroclastics and underlying granitic and metamorphic rocks were weathered and eroded to form alluvial deposits in a Tertiary palaeodrainage system.
		The smaller Lava Plains field differs markedly from the Anakie field in that the basalts that host the sapphires are very much in evidence on the field.
	www.nrw.qld.gov.au /mines/fossicking/sapphire.html (932 words)

	del Rios Vineyard - Winemaker's Diary
		Anakie Junction in the midst of the fires
		On Sunday 22nd January, bushfires that started in the Brisbane Ranges National Park next to our property grew out of control and spread with intensity towards the town of Anakie and surrounding property.
		About 80 fire trucks, 350 fire fighters and 4 helicopters including Elvis the Erickson Sky Crane, defended the properties in the Anakie area.
	www.delrios.com.au /diary.htm (266 words)

	ANAKIE GEMFIELDSLions Club
		It is said that the name, Anakie, comes from a local Aboriginal word meaning 'two hills'.
		Gemfields.com is the virtual meeting place for everyone interested in the Anakie Gemfields, Sapphires and Gemhunting.
		Central Queensland Gemfileds.com has a wealth of information on the local towns of Sapphire, Rubyvale, The Willows, Emerald and Anakie.
	www.lionwap.org /AnakieGemfieldsAu (871 words)

	UOW Earth & Environmental Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In north and central Queensland basement rocks are exposed in the Anakie Inlier, Charters Towers Province and southeast Georgetown Inlier.
		Flat-lying S2 foliation axial planar to isoclinal folds in schist, Anakie Metamorphic Group, in the Oaky Creek area near the Clermont-Alpha Road.
		Fergusson C. L., Henderson R. A., Lewthwaite K. J., Phillips D. and Withnall I. Structure of the Early Palaeozoic Cape River Metamorphics, Tasmanides of north Queensland: evaluation of the roles of convergent and extensional tectonics.
	www.uow.edu.au /science/eesc/staff/cferguss/cf_research_tasmanides.html (506 words)

	Anakie Football Club Web Site
		The Anakie township is nestled in the foothills of the picturesque Brisbane Ranges approximately 29km north of the city of Geelong.
		Anakie is home to world class wineries such as Mt Anakie, Staughton Vale and Del Rios.
		The Fairy Park Amusement Park is also situated in Anakie and provides an ideal day trip for the entire family.
	www.anakiefc.vcfl.com.au (292 words)

	Sapphires and Precious Stones - Oz Sapphires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Gemfields, which covers 900 square kms of land, has 4 townships Sapphire, Rubyvale, Anakie and the Willows.
		In the 1890's the Anakie School was built with two further schools at Sapphire and Rubyvale being constructed in the early 1900's.
		Small mining camps began to appear around the district and the population was reported to be approx 200 at the turn of 20th century.
	www.ozsapphires.com.au /content_pages/sapphire_history.htm (283 words)

	placestogo
		The turn off to the Sapphire Gemfields is approximately 35 minutes drive west of Emerald via the Capricorn Highway, the townships of Anakie, Willows Gemfield, Sapphire and Rubyvale are a short drive from this turn off.
		The Sapphire Fields (known as the Gemfields) of the Central Highlands encompass the townships of Anakie, Willows Gemfield, Sapphire and Rubyvale.
		Displayed at the entrance to the Emerald Town Hall (Cnr Egerton and Anakie streets), this 250 million-year-old fossilised log was donated to the people of Emerald by BHP Minerals to mark the Centenary of Emerald in 1979.
	members.tripod.com /emeraldchamber/placestogo.htm (1964 words)

	Parish of Meredith
		Meredith, Winchelsea, Anakie, Bannockburn, Elaine, Inverleigh and Lethbridge
		Most of the parish is in the Golden Plains Shire: Anakie is in the City of Greater Geelong, Elaine is in the Moorabool Shire and Winchelsea is in the Surfcoast Shire.
		On any given weekend I do about 200 Kms to attend to the scheduled Mass - and then there might be baptisms in the afternoon with a return visit to one of the churches.
	parishofmeredith.org.au (379 words)

	Storm strikes Anakie area at Gemfields.com
		Anakie police Senior Constable Simon Laverty said it was the equivalent of being in the middle of a small cyclone.
		Snr Const Laverty said the storm blew the fly-screens off the police residence, sheds on a couple of properties had been blown down, older trees had been blown over and sheets of tin had been lifted off roofs.
		Storms throughout the district yesterday also caused power outages, Anakie, Bogantungan, The Willows and CapeUa experienced power outages due to fallen powerlines, with power expected to be restored by 7pm last night.
	www.gemfields.com /static_html/324.html (396 words)

	Staughton Vale Vineyard B&B : Anakie : near Werribee & Geelong
		Anakie – 85km from Melbourne (W of Werribee and N or Geelong)
		At Anakie Junction just two kilometres from the little hamlet of Anakie lies Staughton Vale Vineyard which is host to luxury bed and breakfast cottage accommodation set literally amongst the vines.
		The new brick units add beauty, elegance and romance to the quiet rural setting – ‘a little oasis’.
	www.babs.com.au /staughtonvale (242 words)

	AIUTA LA PROTESTA CONTRO L'ALLEVAMENTO IN BATTERIA DI CONIGLI IN AUSTRALIA
		I conigli sono destinati a trascorrere la loro intera vita in gabbia con altri conigli in enormi baracche, privati di tutti i loro istinti naturali.
		The rabbits are doomed to spend their entire lives caged with other rabbits in huge sheds, deprived of all natural instincts.
		I ask that the proposed battery rabbit farm (No. 386 - 2004 for a rabbit farm at 1485-1575 Ballan Road, Anakie) is not accepted.
	www.protty.it /contro_allevamento_batteria.htm (1072 words)

	Gemfest, Sapphires, Gem, Festival, gemstones, artunion, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The festival itself is held at the Allan King Memorial Park in Anakie from the 2nd Thursday through the 2nd Sunday of August.
		Although a variety of entertainment can be enjoyed day and night in all townships over the Gemfields, a highlight of this premier gem event is the "Saturday Night Spectacular", an open air concert held at The Rubyvale Reserve.
		Great live bands, fire dancing, an African drumming performance by Anakie School children, hearty food, licensed bar and the Firework's display at 9pm makes this a memorable night and an occasion to don the dancing shoes and boogie-on-down!
	www.gemfest.com.au /about_gemfest/about_gemfest.htm (317 words)

	Local Events
		Each year in the second week of August, Gemfest is held at Anakie.
		As well as displays of unusual and spectacular sapphires from the local area, there are many stalls displaying stones, jewellery, arts, crafts and almost anything you can think of, for sale.
		In the barrow is a pick, a shovel and a billy boulder(large rounded rock) weighing approx.
	sapphires.bizhosting.com /events.html (247 words)

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