Puddling machines, Gulgong

1872
Glass photonegative

William Collins described the devastation caused by Gulgong miners in the D51, 16 May 1872.

When I arrived upon the diggings, and beheld the beautiful grazing country torn up with diggers, and hillocks of dug up earth the size of houses, I must confess that the strange sight made me feel quite wretched and miserable, as I had been used to seeing such country covered with sheep, cattle and horses.