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Zealous gold diggers, Bendigo July 1st /52 /

Shows an industrious family of gold diggers. The mother holds a baby while rocking the 'cradle' used to wash gold-bearing soil. Her husband pours water over the contents of the cradle. An older infant uses a shovel to transport earth from a wheelbarrow into the cradle.

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Date(s): 1852

Creator: Macartney & Galbraith, lithographer.

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