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    Sluicing, by Robert Kaufman
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    Pump Sluicing, by Robert Kaufman
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    Forest Creek gas producer engine, Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
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    Ground Sluicing, Nuggetty Gully, Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
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    Sluice Hole, Irishtown, Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
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Sluicing

Sluicing was the use of running water to break down gold-bearing earth, and a sluice box was used to recover the gold.

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References
Mount Alexander Mail, 22 July 1854, p. 8. Details