‘8 April 1852
The successful gold digger is a great swell in his way...he buys a horse and never rides at any pace but a gallop. He wears a long beard of course and flings his money about like dirt, gets hard up in a week and returns again to work like a horse at the diggings.’

Image and Text: Portrait of a successful digger
Author and artist: Edward Snell


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