Extract

Title: The constant presence of police
Description: English author turned digger, William Howitt comments on the constant presence of police at the diggings. This extract is from Howitt's Land, labour and gold (1855).
Archival Source: Robyn Annear's research Notes prepared in the course of writing the book, Nothing But Gold; Private Hands
These notes from a variety of primary sources were kindly donated to the eGold project by Robyn Annear.

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