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Digging for gold
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Sarah Davenport went digging for gold in the earliest days of the Victorian rushes. Gold was plentiful and close to the surface and she managed to secure some of it with ease.

This is an extract from Sarah Davenport's diary, which was reproduced in the book, Nothing but gold.

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Annear, Robyn, Nothing but gold: the diggers of 1852, The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 1999. [ Details... ]

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