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Title: Hydraulic Sluicing
Description: Hydraulic sluicing used high-pressure water directed through water cannons, or monitors, to break down banks of gold-bearing earth. Water was brought along water races, often for many miles, to a point high above the workings. From there, it was piped down to the monitors, the amount of vertical fall providing the water pressure.
Creator: Robert Kaufman
Rights: Courtesy of Parks Victoria

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