.;
Thebigcitylvasinitsbeginning"Therel,.J,eresomewell
built big churchls a.nd- alsc "o*f othei large build'ings' also
shops e,ncl Cu"st UouSeS. i{earby there i'iere quiL-e-a fe"l rleather-
board. and. tin houses, also =*rif shachs for su:a11 starters'
Insomeofthesirolrl'rindlol'rsoftheshops'.there,wereplates
and d.ishes l,;ith r.avr gold. nhich had. comc from the gold uines'
rn one ivind.cw ijas a gold ntisg"t r^icighing 63ozs., cn a tablc.
Cntlrestreetofthetowngonccould.secpeoplefrouall
parts of the rvor1d., ancl of -aiiiere 
*9. "oio*in. 
-l'loit of ttre people
seemed. to be golC. d-iggers. -i[":, either-""*" from tire gold' f ield-s
or r.,iere going-i[""".- 
i:Gord-r-doia, Gorclr; llas the, main topic of
the people" As thc golcl f e.icr hacl- sprcl.d among tire -ceople it
secue cl- to 1ravg n;,cic liviilE verJ c.ca:: a-rci r got a' taste of it "
Af ter having rvalkecl the strect ancf i'raving a 6oocl looh
around., I f elt I ne ed.ed. e. refre shmcnt e.nd. haic ar ql:'"" of beer
06 Austraiian gro:;nd_. I ;,,;;a into * Guest. iiouse ar:d- as]


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