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Letter. [not after 1992]

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Letter, 19 Oct. 1851, from James Blackburn Jnr. at Golden Point, Ballarat. Describes life on the Ballarat goldfields, especially at the New Diggings and at Golden Point. The geological and geographical features of the area are described as is the atmosphere of the diggings at night.

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