Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s

Historical information

The Miners Right replaced the Miners Licence in 1856. There was an annual fee of 5/-, giving miners the right to mine, vote and to own land.

Physical description

Diggers & mining. The gold era. IN 1855, the government, realizing that the diggers had a grievance, substituted the miner's right for the licence. Slide shows a copy of a Miner's Right 26 March, 1856, William Lunn. Markings 29 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.

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