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Bendigo mill 1852 /

Depicts a bareknuckle boxing match on the diggings, surrounded by a crowd of excited spectators, including a man with a child on his shoulders. One onlooker stumbles headfirst over a wheelbarrow. 'Mill' was a colloquial term for a brawl.

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Date(s): 1872

Creator: Gill, S. T., 1818-1880 artist.

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