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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1851

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Songs for the Miners. [?] No 2

Empire · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 3

Softly as falls the bell-bird song, Our shovels we ply, and our hopes grow strong; Soon as the loaves in store look small, For Bathurst well start with our golden "haul."…

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Form Referred To. Gold License

Empire · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 3

No.1831. The bearer having paid to me the sum of one pound ten shillings on account of the Territorial Revenue,Ihereby License him to dig,…

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Gold within 6 Miles of Sydney

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

A PERSON named Edwards, engaged at the Gas Works, reported in town, yesterday, that he had just returned from Bondi, where he had succeeded in…

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Form Referred To. Gold License. No. 1851

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

The bearer having paid to me the sum of one pound len shillings on account Of the Territorial Revenue, I here by License him to dig, search for, and remove Gold on…

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Form Referred To.—gold License. No. 1851

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

The bearer having paid to me the sum of one pound ten shillings on account of the territorial revenue, I hereby license bim to dig, search for, and remove gold, on and from…

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Licenses to Dig and Search for Gold.[?]

Empire · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 3

With reference to the Proclamation issued on the 22nd May instant,declaring the.rights of the Crown in respect1 to gold found in its ural place of deposit within the territory of New South…

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Form Bef[?]ed To. Gold License. No. 1851

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

The bearer having paid to me the sum of one pound ten shillings on account of the Territorial Revenue, I hereby License him to dig, search for, and remove Gold on and from any such Crown Land within the County of Bathurst as I…

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Security for the Gold Diggers of New South Wales

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

Every body interested in this all absorbing topic must allow that if the above object were effected, a great boon would be conferred on the public, the writer of this article would therefore point out an easy and safe method for so doing, through the agency of the Government, i. e., presuming they are…

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Licenses to Dig and Search for Gold. (From a Supplement to Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd May, 1851.—With reference to the Proclamation issued on the 22nd May, instant, declaring the rights of the Crown in respect to gold…

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Licenses to Dig and Search for Gold. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd May, 1851

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

WITH reference to the Proclamation issued on the 22nd May instant, declaring the rights of the Crown in respect to gold found in its natural place of deposit within the Territory of New South Wales, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, May 24, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Gold Delusion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1851 · page 2

AMONGST the many delusions which, in the present unsettled state of the public mind, under the influence of the gold mania, are likely to prevail throughout…

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The Gold Mines

Empire · Monday 26 May 1851 · page 2

THE extract subjoined is from a letter of a Wesleyan minister, received on Saturday. We also reprint the Postscript to our second Edition of last publication…

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The Gold Mines

Empire · Monday 26 May 1851 · page 2

Gentlemen of high respeitability and extensive information are now visiting the Gold Mines, who will specially report for this Journal. EMPIRE Office, May 24…

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Flour and Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1851 · page 2

IF any one had predicted a fortnight ago that flour in two weeks would rise in value from £20 to £30 per ton in Sydney, and at that price be procured with…

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Songs for the Miners. No. 3

Empire · Monday 26 May 1851 · page 3

The Baker's Boy to the mines is gone, In the diggers' ranks you'll find him; His master's shovel he has girded on, And the flour-sieve slung behind him…

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The Government and the Gold Seekers

Empire · Monday 26 May 1851 · page 2

THE deliberations of the Colonial Executive upon the all-exciting question, have resulted in a proclamation declaring the right of the Crown to tho precious metal, and…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, May 26, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1851 · page 2

THE news from Bathurst on Saturday was fully confirmatory of what had previously been received. Every day fresh discoveries are being made. Mr…

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The Empime. Sydney, Tuesday, May 27, 1851. the Gold

Empire · Tuesday 27 May 1851 · page 2

IT would be difficult to describe the excitement produced in our city (at other times so orderly and peaceable,) by the discovery of the Bathurst Gold Fields…

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From the Mines

Empire · Wednesday 28 May 1851 · page 2

SINCE the issue of our Second Edition of yesterday's publication, we have received several additional letters written by persons of various grades in Bathurst and its…

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The Gold Discovery

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Wednesday 28 May 1851 · page 2

THE news from the Bathurst mines is still of the most animating and cheering description. The accounts by yesterday's mail are more encouraging than ever. It is evident that as yet the gold has…

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