Diary - Volume 2, 1851-1852

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Item 2

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Contains a highly detailed description of the gold rush in the Bathurst region (1851-1852). The author provides accounts of experiences prospecting at Summer Hill Creek, buying and selling gold in the Bathurst region, and issuing licenses as Gold Commissioner for the Lower Turon River, Ophir, and Abercrombie goldfields (October 1851 – September 1852). Includes comments on the effect of the gold rush on the colony, the religious life of the district, an account of the Governor's visit to the goldfields, and journeys to Melbourne to sell stock in 1853.

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