fairy gardens

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

a miner's term, explainedin quotation.

1852. F. Lancelott, `Australia, as it is', vol. ii. p. 221:

«On the south-eastern portion of this county is the world-famedBurra Burra copper mine. . . . Some of the cuttings arethrough solid blocks of ore, which brilliantly glitter as youpass with a lighted candle, while others are formed in veinsof malachite, and from their rich variegated green appearanceare not inaptly called by the miners `Fairy gardens.'»

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