[Editor: This Gold License was issued to Mr. Hamilton, in Victoria, in January 1852.]
Victoria.
Gold License.
No. Jan.y 1852.
The Bearer Mr. Hamilton
having paid the Sum of One Pound, Ten Shillings, on account of the Territorial Revenue, I hereby License him to dig, search for, and remove Gold, on and from any such Crown Lands within the
District of the upper Loddon
as I shall assign to him for that purpose during the Month of Jan.y 1852, not within half-a-mile of any Head Station.
This License is not transferable, and to be produced whenever demanded by me or any other person acting under the authority of the Government, and to be returned when another License is issued.
John Davie
Commissioner.
J. Shanley, printer, Elizabeth-street, Melbourne.
Source:
Victoria. Gold License. 1852., State Library of Victoria
Editor’s notes:
Handwritten text has been rendered in italics.
The printer’s details were printed on the left side of the Gold License.
No number has been assigned to this Gold License.
There is a minor notation in the top-left quarter of this Gold License, with the numbers “1482/94”. Whether this was a contemporaneous notation, or was added at a later date, is not known.
Head Station = the principal homestead and main business centre of a pastoral property, including the associated buildings
Jan.y = (abbreviation) January
Loddon = the Loddon River (Victoria); the area around the Loddon River (Victoria); the Loddon District (Victoria); the Loddon Shire (Victoria); the Loddon Valley (Victoria)
See: 1) “Loddon River: river, Australia”, Encyclopaedia Britannica
2) “Loddon River”, Wikipedia
3) “Shire of Loddon”, Wikipedia
4) “About the Loddon Valley”, Bendigo Region
station = a large rural holding used for raising livestock, usually sheep or cattle (a pastoral property); can also refer to the principal homestead and main business centre of a pastoral property
See: “Station (Australian agriculture)”, Wikipedia
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