Was just browsing the net looking at information on the clarence...

Was just browsing the net looking at information on the clarence moreton basin and came across this document from primary industries.
It tells about gas shows from water bores drilled in 1902.

I know in gaslands they went on about this and were caught out later on.

"11.2 Exploration History and Petroleum Discoveries.
The first indications of hydrocarbons in the Clarence-Morton Basin occurred in 1897
when a gas flow was recorded from a coal bore drilled near the town of Grafton.
Further gas shows were encountered in the Grafton-1 water bore drilled in 1902 and
in a scouting hole, Rosewood-1, drilled in 1907."

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http://www.ga.gov.au/image_cache/GA9157.pdf