Moses Bros. Colonial Boot & Shoe Depot, Gulgong
1870-1875
Glass photonegative
Gulgong underwent rapid change in early 1871 and the Gulgong Guardian, 25 February 1871, noted the improvements:
'Moses Brothers, owners of the famed ‘Greatest Wonder of the World’ clothing establishments, which can be found on the leading goldfields of New Zealand, New South Wales and Queensland, have a branch next to the Golden Age Hotel in which they will exhibit their usual stock of clothing etc.'
From William Howitt, Land, Labour and Gold, 1855
...crowds are still
pouring into the field, lured by the most wonderful stories propagated notoriously
by the publicans on the roads, and the store-keepers on the diggings. These
stories can only be tested on the spot; and then it is too late for those who
have been enticed by them. And no sooner does the differ arrive at one field,
and find his mistake, than he is attracted by the same stories of wonderful
discoveries, and wonderful finds of gold, in some equally distant scene. There
they are digging up nuggets like potatoes, within a foot of the surface: and
again the people post away; and thus there are perpetual rushes, and perpetual
disappointments, except to the publicans on those roads, and the store-keepers
on those fabulous fields. [William Howitt, Land,
Labour and Gold, 1855, p234]
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