Miners posing on Mine Head near Gulgong in the 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 26 - EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS

Gold Rush Stories - Part 26 - Eye Witness Account of Life on the Goldfields

Historical image of Gold Rush town Gulgong Mayne Street in 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 25 - WHAT MADE GULGONG SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE GOLDRUSH?

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18k Gold Love Heart Pendant - Hands on Rock Design Collection Aboriginal Rock Art of Hands

 

@kieran.wicks #GoldRushStories #AustralianHistory #VoicesofFederation #OneTownataTime #Gulgong #GoldFever #EyeWitness #Gold #FYP #AnthonyTrollope #FilmMaker ♬ original sound - Kieran.Wicks
 
Ballooning to 12,000 people by October 1871 when visiting British author Anthony Trollope remarked:

“Gullgong [sic] was certainly a rough place when I visited it, but not quite as rough as I had expected. There was a hotel there, at which I got a bedroom to myself, though but a small one, and made only of slabs. But a gorgeously grand edifice was being built over our heads at the time. The inhabited part of the town consisted of two streets at right angles to each other, in each of which every habitation and shop had probably required but a few days for its erection. The fronts of the shops were covered with large advertisements, the names and praises of traders as is customary now with all new-fangled marts, but the place looked more like a fair than a town ... Everything needful, however, seemed to be at hand. There were bakers, butchers, grocers, and dealers in soft goods. There were public houses and banks in abundance. There was an auctioneer’s establishment, at which I attended the sale of horses and carts. There was a photographer, and there was a theatre, at which I saw the “Colleen Bawn” acted with a great deal of spirit, and a considerable amount of histrionic talent. After the theatre a munificent banker of the town gave us an oyster supper, at a supper-room. It may be inferred, therefore, that the comforts of life have not been altogether neglected at Gullgong. In the middle of the day there had been a public dinner or lunch, at which there was much speaking. I cannot say that the Gullgong oratory was as good as the Gullgong acting or the Gullgong oysters.

( Anthony Trollope (1874), New South Wales and Queensland, London, Chapman & Hall, p.67, n.d.)

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Lock & Whitfield. 1876, Anthony Trollope
Lock & Whitfield. 1876, Anthony Trollope , viewed 29 December 2021
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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist and also worked as a postal worker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Trollope
 
Sketch of Anthony Trollope, 1870 https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/169310832?keyword=aNTHONY%20tROLLOPE
Sketch of Anthony Trollope, 1870
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/169310832?keyword=aNTHONY%20tROLLOPE
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18K GOLD LOVE HEART BRACELET - RAINBOW AURA 

Gulgong Town Sign GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 25 - WHAT MADE GULGONG SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE GOLDRUSH?

A. Clay bakery, Gulgong New South Wales, ca. 1872 https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147977180

A. Clay bakery, Gulgong New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147977180

Families gathered outside W. Simmon's Golden Crown Hotel, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872  https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147978980

Families gathered outside W. Simmon's Golden Crown Hotel, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147978980

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Group outside building, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872  https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147983185

Group outside building, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147983185

A young girl in front of a hut with bark roof, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872  https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147977732

A young girl in front of a hut with bark roof, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147977732

Men, women and children in front of slab hut and shed, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872 https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147980583

Men, women and children in front of slab hut and shed, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147980583

 

A couple outside of John Souter chemist next to Congregational Church, Mayne Street, Gulgong New South Wales, ca. 1872 https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147982332

A couple outside of John Souter chemist next to Congregational Church, Mayne Street, Gulgong New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147982332

Aeerial perspective of Northern Territory coastline near Darwin Northern Territory river snaking through to the ocean one town at a time

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Man and woman in front of butcher's shop located next door to Red Hill Hotel, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872 https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147980832

Man and woman in front of butcher's shop located next door to Red Hill Hotel, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147980832

Three men and horse outside butcher's shop with bark roof, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872  https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147986881

Three men and horse outside butcher's shop with bark roof, Gulgong, New South Wales, ca. 1872
https://nla.gov.au:443/tarkine/nla.obj-147986881

GULGONG FACTORYNINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI BY JACK MOSES

 

Gulgong Gold Fields Geological Map

Gulgong Gold Fields Geological Map
Gulgong Gold Fields Geological Map
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Sketch of Lawson Home in Eurunderee NSW What was it like to Grow up on the Gold Fields? - Gold Rush Stories Part 27

 

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