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Gold License (Victoria) [for H. Isleton, 16 July 1852]

22 November 2023 · Leave a Comment

Gold License (Victoria) for H. Isleton, 16 July 1852

[Editor: This Gold License was issued to H. Isleton, in Victoria, on 16 July 1852.] Victoria. Gold License. No. 7       July 16 1852. The Bearer H. Isleton having paid the Sum of One Pound, Ten Shillings, on account of the Territorial Revenue, I … [Read more...] about Gold License (Victoria) [for H. Isleton, 16 July 1852]

Filed Under: ephemera Tagged With: 500x500, Gold Licenses (Australia), Gold Licenses (Victoria), gold miners, gold mining, grammar - Oxford commas, SourceSLV, year1852

Gold License (Victoria) [for I. Woods, 7 June 1852]

22 November 2023 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This Gold License was issued to I. Woods, in Victoria, on 7 June 1852.] Victoria. Gold License. No. 103       June 7 1852. The Bearer I. Woods having paid the Sum of One Pound, Ten Shillings, on account of the Territorial Revenue, I … [Read more...] about Gold License (Victoria) [for I. Woods, 7 June 1852]

Filed Under: ephemera Tagged With: 500x500, Gold Licenses (Australia), Gold Licenses (Victoria), gold miners, gold mining, grammar - Oxford commas, SourceSLV, year1852

Gold License (Victoria) [for William Pettard, 11 March 1852]

21 November 2023 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This Gold License was issued to William Pettard, in Victoria, on 11 March 1852.] Victoria.             A. Gold License. No. 718       11th March 1852. The Bearer Wm Pettard having paid the Sum of One Pound, … [Read more...] about Gold License (Victoria) [for William Pettard, 11 March 1852]

Filed Under: ephemera Tagged With: 500x500, Gold Licenses (Australia), Gold Licenses (Victoria), gold miners, gold mining, grammar - Oxford commas, SourceSLV, year1852

Gold License (Victoria) [for Mr. Hamilton, January 1852]

21 November 2023 · Leave a Comment

Gold License (Victoria) for Mr. Hamilton, January 1852

[Editor: This Gold License was issued to Mr. Hamilton, in Victoria, in January 1852.] [No. 49½.] Victoria. Gold License. No.             Jan.y 1852. The Bearer Mr. Hamilton having paid the Sum of One Pound, Ten Shillings, on … [Read more...] about Gold License (Victoria) [for Mr. Hamilton, January 1852]

Filed Under: ephemera Tagged With: 500x500, Gold Licenses (Australia), Gold Licenses (Victoria), gold miners, gold mining, grammar - Oxford commas, SourceSLV, year1852

Emigration from England [2 September 1852]

10 June 2019 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Adelaide Morning Chronicle, 2 September 1852.] Emigration from England. The ample confirmation of the golden news from Australia, which every successive vessel takes to Britain, has at length aroused and arrested the attention of … [Read more...] about Emigration from England [2 September 1852]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, gold rushes, immigration, SourceTrove, year1852

Lines on the Discovery of Gold in Australia [poem, 5 January 1852]

17 March 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January 1852.] Lines on the Discovery of Gold in Australia. By E. S. Land of Australia! once despised, And shunn’d by men of moral worth, Who shudder’d if thy children dared To tread upon their chaster … [Read more...] about Lines on the Discovery of Gold in Australia [poem, 5 January 1852]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: patriotic poetry, poem, SourceTrove, year1852

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