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Photograph - Austin Collection: gold discovery, 1980's

12262.87a

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12262.87b

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12262.87c

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Physical description

Collection of two black and white photographs of Ian Wemyss of Inglewood, with gold in a panning dish and a newspaper article regarding Ian's gold find.
a. Ian Wemyss, wearing singlet, holding gold pan with specks of gold in bottom
b. Ian operating sluice with water pumped from dam running down baffles back into dam
c. Newspaper article 'Gold ...But life is tough' (newspaper unknown) relating the story of Ian finding gold. Ian and his partner 'Bob Dick of Rochester are using the only water in the area - an old mining dam beside the old Maxwell Extended mine, which was worked until the 1930's'.

Subjects

Identifier

12262.87

Date made

1980's

Production methods

photograph

Languages

English

Materials

photographic paper

Measurements

Length: 23.5 centimetres, Width: 15 centimetres

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Victorian Collections

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Accessed 4 June 2026

This record was last updated 7 months ago

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