Harry Zack

Wilhelm Erich “Harry” Zack (sometimes spelled Sack, Sach, Sachs), was a Grawin opal miner born in Germany. He was born in 1887 to parents August Hermann Sack and Anna Clara Matilda Gohre.

Harry arrived in Lightning Ridge in 1920, and was a miner at Lightning Ridge and The Grawin for over fifty years.

Harry had one of the best claims at the Grawin in 1927, and his rustic hut still stands on the opal fields. 

Harry’s car was a 1928 Ford.

Harry Zack passed away in Dubbo in 1976 at the age of 89 and is buried at Western Districts Memorial Park in Dubbo.

• Harry Zack @ Find a Grave.

Article: Research by Leisa Carney, edited by Russell Gawthorpe. LRHS research compiled by Len Cram and Barbara Moritz. Sources: The Lightning Ridge Book, Stuart Lloyd, 1967, pp 9, 18; The Lightning Flash Newspaper, 27 August 1971, 22 May 1975, 1 January 1976, 29 April 1976, 23 March 1978, 6 April 1995; The Walgett Spectator, 15 April 1926, 23 March 1927, 12 July 1928.