Photograph, The Reef Hotel Pleasant Creek 1858 - 1861 -- note, no Bullock team as in Rees painting

Historical information

The Reefs Hotel Pleasant Creek. 1858 - 1861 (note, no Bullock team as in Rees painting)
Three windlasses over mineshafts can be seen, two on the left and one in front of the assembly hall.
Some horse driven Whims can be seen in the background above the Assembly Hall.

Significance

One of earliest known photographs of Pleasant Creek

Physical description

Several buildings in mining area with trees in background, one building labelled The Reefs Hotel.
Spoil heaps in foreground with other mining activities .
Number of people visible in street.

Subjects

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