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31 photos and 3 illustrations tagged goldrush, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.
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Old Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1857, George Rowe from State Library of New South Wales uploaded January 2026
Gold miners at mine head, Gulgong area, New South Wales, c.1872 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded January 2026
Clarke Street, Hill End, New South Wales, c.1872, from State Library of New South Wales uploaded November 2022
Summer Street and Anson Street, Orange, ca. 1873 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded April 2022
J. Baptiste, hairdressing/barber's saloon, Hill End gold fields, ca. 1872 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded February 2021
Gold surveying camp near Trunkey, New South Wales, 1872-1874 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded October 2020
Chavelier O'Loughlin wedding, large family group. from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2016
a9600010h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded November 2015
a9600008h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded November 2015
a9600007h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded November 2015
a9600009h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded November 2015
a9600004h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded November 2015
a9600005h from State Library of New South Wales uploaded November 2015
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Summer Street and Anson Street, Orange, ca. 1873
- covid convict said:
- State Library of New South Wales said:
Gold miners at mine head, Gulgong area, New South Wales, c.1872
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Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
I believe the man on the right is standing next to a hand operated air pump drive wheel used to provide rudimentary ventilation to the shaft. Firedamp would not be a problem but CO₂ buildup would be.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_mine_ventilation#
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firedamp
The rope and canvas bucket next to the man holding the windlass handle would be for raising the rock, earth (mullock) and hopefully rich wash dirt when they hit bottom and locate the gutter. There is a similar bucket in the foreground next to the air pump, behind the split timbers used for shoring the shaft and drive below. However there does not appear to be a flag flying as required by law for a gold strike.
collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/8OJWMabzQL0JJ
GULGONG AND HOME RULE. (1873, August 16). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), p. 215. Retrieved January 22, 2026, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162655932
The other three men standing up by the windlass wear close fitting miner's caps for working underground. Their three broad-brimmed hats and jackets hang by the side of the mine head.
The manager in shined shoes with collar and tie stands at left, he is the only one in the group who moved during the exposure but not as much as the blurry figure behind him. The overseer stands next to him.
Their shoes/boots appear to be a mix of lace-up and elastic-side. -
Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
The Gulgong area became a rush in April 1870, when Tom Saunders found 400 gms of gold at Red Hill, in the heart of the present town. Further major finds were made at nearby Canadian Lead in August 1871 and at Home Rule, 11 km south-east of Gulgong, in May 1872. By 1874, around 8,500 kg gold had been extracted from the Gulgong field.
Charles Bayliss, as operator for the American and Australasian Photographic Company, photographed Home Rule on 15 July 1872, when its population was around 3000. Fortunately, the Gulgong Guardian 13 July 1872 described Home Rule that very week and it’s interesting to compare Bayliss’s images with the reporter’s narrative.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs/home-rule-not-call-arms#:~:text=T.... -
Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
There is another photo of the same miners and their mine head with a short handle pick lying on the ground and an eighth man, taken from a different direction showing surrounding buildings with a distant roof under construction here - collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/NRWNop6yJljab
David Ashworth, survivor of the shipwrecked GENERAL GRANT
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Timmy Harms said:
Wow!!!
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Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
Timmy Harms He's a pretty tough looking customer...