A Sydney Duck Doesn’t Quack

Question: What is a Sydney Duck? Answer: Someone you wanted to avoid if you lived in San Francisco in the late 1840s. In 1848, word of the California gold discoveries reached Sydney, Australia, and merchants there, recognizing an opportunity, began loading ships with goods to sell to the booming California population. A voyage took three ... Read more

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