GOLD RUSH IN N.S.W.—The illustration is of a coldfields scene in the 1870’s at Hill End. The town’s population of 30,000 has dwindled to about 300. Of the 52 hotels that once served grog to thirty miners only one remains. An article on this page describes how thousands of Chinese arrived to join in the gold search.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28950, 18 July 1959, Page 10
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57GOLD RUSH IN N.S.W.—The illustration is of a coldfields scene in the 1870’s at Hill End. The town’s population of 30,000 has dwindled to about 300. Of the 52 hotels that once served grog to thirty miners only one remains. An article on this page describes how thousands of Chinese arrived to join in the gold search. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28950, 18 July 1959, Page 10
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