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    'Great Meeting of Gold Diggers Dec’r 15th 1851’, c. 1851, by Thomas Ham, courtesy of State Library of Victoria.

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Title
Great Meeting of Gold Diggers Dec’r 15th 1851
Description

This painting shows some Aboriginal diggers in the central foreground who had formed a ‘party’ with white immigrant miners.
It depicts a meeting of gold diggers on the Mount Alexander Goldfields, near Bendigo on 15 December 1851. Led by Captain John Harrison, the diggers were protesting the intended raising of the licence fee from thirty shillings to three pounds.

Date
c. 1851
Creator
Thomas Ham
Control
Accession No H220, image number b28303
Archival Source
Pictures Collection; State Library of Victoria. Details
Rights
Courtesy of State Library of Victoria

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    Title
    'Great Meeting of Gold Diggers Dec’r 15th 1851’
    Date
    c. 1851
    Type
    Artwork
    Creator
    Thomas Ham
    Source

    Pictures Collection; State Library of Victoria. Details

    Rights
    Courtesy of State Library of Victoria

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