View of Nashville Diggings, Queensland, …

Very rare, c.19th hand coloured engraving based on a photograph by Maryborough travelling photographer, Christopher Hume Moore, of Gympie when it was  known as Nashville.

The town was named after James Nash who reported the discovery of ‘payable’ alluvial gold on 16 October 1867. The large building on the left is the Melbourn Hotel, at right Merry & Davies and further on the right is the Prince’s of Wales Theatre.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News. 

Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 04-09-76 P.133
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d

References:
Syme, E. & D, Illustrated Australian News. ISSN 2208-5386.