What happend on the Ballarat goldfields around 1865?
"Well, we know the Confederate ship "Shenandoah" came to Melbourne. And miners from Ballarat sailed off to fight the Southern cause - against the orders of the Australian colony's British Governor." |
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"The night after the archaeologists were robbed, a large gold nugget called the 'Ballarat Stranger' was stolen from the Melbourne assayer's office. That nugget has never been found." |
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Case Notes - Alluvial gold and nuggets |