This image is part of the first photographic series of Australian scenes presented for sale to the public. Produced by the studio of Antoine Fauchery and Richard Daintree in 1858, this photograph is one of 53 collectively known as the Fauchery-Daintree Album.
Using the latest collodian wet-plate process, Fauchery and Daintree produced their collection of albumen silver prints at a time when the sales of photographs were flourishing.
This photograph depicts the camaraderie of a group of diggers watching two of their fellow diggers pan for gold. The picture shows the excitement of the early years on the goldfields, before new techniques and large companies took over. | 
