Monthly Archives: February 2023

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Pullen

Museum ConnectionsFebruary 12, 2023129Views

Imagine having such a trail-blazing life as a pioneer that when summing it up you barely mention that you were the Pullen - of Pullen & Rawsthorne fame - who designed and operated the stamper battery that crushed Holtermann’s quartz to extract his considerable gold finds! Such…

Melkjoer Mystery

ResearchFebruary 7, 2023160Views

A number of photos in the Holtermann collection have not been identified. Some are attributed to Gulgong or Home Rule but captioned by the State Library with an additional question mark. This week I set out to solve one of those mysteries.

Water Woes

ResearchFebruary 6, 2023199Views

The approaching summer of 1871 was an unpleasant time on the Gulgong goldfield. Two aspects of the dry hot weather caused major problems for miners and townsfolk - dust and filth - as these newspaper snippets attest: ‘Down with the dust’ is now the universal…