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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1857

15 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Wednesday, January 7. Gold Dust Bill

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1857 · page 4

On the order of the day being called for, Mr. PIDDINGTON moved in a lengthy speech, that the house go into committee on the bill that day three months…

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Friday, Jan. 16. Gold Duty Bill

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1857 · page 6

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that this bill be read a third time. The question was put, and the house divided with the following result:—Ayes, 22. Noes 10…

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Friday, January 30. Gold Duty Bill

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1857 · page 6

On the motion of Mr. THOMSON, the Gold Daty Bill was read a third time and passed. GOLD FIELDS MANAGEMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. THOMSON, the report on…

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The Duty Upon Gold Act

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1857 · page 6

As Act further to amend the "Act for the General Regulation of Customs of New South Wales." [Assented to 23rd February, 1857.]…

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Tuesday March 24. Before His Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson. Gold Dust Robbery

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1857 · page 6

Thomas Lenane was arraigned on an information which charged him with robbing with fire-arms at Tirranna on the 9th of February last, one Edward Goodenough of 32 ounces of…

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The Adelong Gold Fields. To the Editor of the Goulburn Herald

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 6

DEAR SIR,—If I do not trespass too far upon your limits, I would seriously ask the Adelong correspondent whether he thought himself s[?]ijuris, on indicting his article in the Goulburn…

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The Gold Dust Robbery

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1857 · page 3

THE following is the sentence delivered by Mr. Baron Martin on the actors of this "romance of crime."—Addressing the prisoners he said: You, William…

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The Great Gold Robbery and the Railway Forgeries

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1857 · page 3

THE trials for the "Great Bullion Robberies" and the " Great Railway Forgeries" have terminated, as might have been anticidated, in the conviction of…

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Robbery of Gold 20 Years Ago

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1857 · page 2

On the evening of the 30th of October, 1836, the Defiance coach left Dover for London, carrying, among other articles, several canvas bags of gold,…

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Maitland. Rich Gold Discovery

The Yass Courier · Saturday 20 June 1857 · page 6

WE give the utmost prominence to the important information received on Sunday by post, from the Hanging Rock and Peel Diggings. If the successful hit now made, in a quartz vein…

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Gold Robbery at the Went Worth Gold Fields

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1857 · page 6

FOR some considerable time past Mr. Finnerty, our indefatigable Chief Constable, has been exercising a very vatchfal eye over the men employed at the Wentworth Gold Mines,…

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Country News. a Sketch of the Tuena Gold Fields

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1857 · page 6

THE Tuena Creek is one of the Southern tributaries of the Abercrombie, the spot on which it is worked, however, is many miles from its embouchure into the river. The digging…

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Extensive Seizure of Smuggled Gold Dust

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 October 1857 · page 2

IN consequence of information having been given to the Collector of Customer, to the effect that a number of Chinamen, just returned from the gold diggings, were about to leave…

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Further Disoveries of Gold

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 4 November 1857 · page 3

ON Thursday last, two boys discovered gold on the surface near the sandy bedding place, about two miles from Major's Creek. A rush ensued on Friday, and ground has…

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Establishment of a Local Court in the Braidwood Gold District

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1857 · page 2

LAST Tuesday's Gazette contains an important Proclamation from the Governor General relative to the gold fields of the Braidwood district. It appears that a petition has been…

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