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Brock's Creek [B 9760] • Photograph

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Summary

Brocks Creek gold mine about 60-70 miles south of Darwin situated near Pine Creek. Gold was discovered there in 1872. Various buildings are numbered on this photograph and the details on the back are : 1) Old chemical pump shaft. 2) No. 1 whip shaft. 3) No. 2 whip shaft. 4) No. 3 whip shaft. 5) new shaft and tramway to battery. 6) timber shacks. 7) manager's house and office. 8) old pumping engine. 9) saw mill. 10) dam. 11) huts for Europeans. 12) tramline to railway.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.2 cm x 15.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1891

Collection

Part of Northern Territory Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

24/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,345 x 2,539 pixels (8.5 MP)

Size

25.51 MB

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