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Photograph (item) - Black and white photograph, Unknown

  • Shows a man and two women standing outside their respective huts at the Golden Bower Mine camp in the Cumberland Valley in Victoria. The huts are constructed of timber and corregated iron sheeting. There is also a large white tent which is being used as a dwelling. In the background outside one of the huts can be seen a table with several bowls sitting on it. The camp is situated in a clearing that is surrounded by forest.

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Historical information

An early black and white photograph taken at the Golden Bower Mine Camp in the Cumberland Valley in Victoria.

Significance

An early black and white photograph taken at the Golden Bower Mine in the Cumberland Valley in Victoria.
The Golden Bower gold mine was a quartz reef mine.
William Edward Chester discovered the Golden Secret gold vein which became part of the Golden Bower Mine at Chesterville near Donovans Creek on the Cumberland goldfield which he mined with George Locke until the late 1930s.

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