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C1852
Great Meeting of Gold Diggers Dec 15th 1851
Artist:
D. Tulloch
It depicts a meeting of gold diggers on the Mount Alexander Goldfields, near Bendigo on 15 December 1851. Led by Captain John Harrison, the diggers were protesting the intended raising of the licence fee from thirty shillings to three pounds. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Great Meeting of Gold Diggers Dec 15th 1851
Date:
C1852
Artist:
D. Tulloch
Engraver:
Thoams Ham
(1821 –
Condition:
Two faint vertical.
Technique:
Image Size:
292mm
x 197mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1852
Description:
It depicts a meeting of gold diggers on the Mount Alexander Goldfields, near Bendigo on 15 December 1851. Led by Captain John Harrison, the diggers were protesting the intended raising of the licence fee from thirty shillings to three pounds. In the central foreground it shows some Aboriginal diggers who had formed a ‘party’ with white immigrant miners.
