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 : Quartz crushing battery used during Australian gold rush


Quartz crushing battery used during Australian gold rush

The first quartz crushing battery, used during the Australian gold rush, located at the base of Black Hill, Ballarat, Victoria. The quartz had to be crushed in order to extract the nuggets of gold

Picture No
10006519
Media ID
47167574
Size
6195px x 3665px (7.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed illustration
Date
1855

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