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DISTANCES TO THE GOLD FIELDS
From Balaarat to Geelong by Land 50 miles
“ Geelong to Melbourne by Water 50
TOTAL 100
From Melbourne to Gisbourne 25
From Gisbourne to Kyneton 20
From Kyneton to Campaspe River 5
From. Campaspe River to Colabar River 5
From Colabar River to Mt Alexander 10
TOTAL 65
From Mt. Alexander to Bendigo 20
TOTAL 185
From Gisbourne to Kyneton 5
From Campaspe River to Colabar River 5
From Colabar River to Mt. Alexander 10
Mt Alexander to Bendigo 20
From Melbourne to Balaarat by GEELONG
From Melbourne to Geelong 50
From Geelong to Balaarat 50
Total 100
BALAARAT [sic] MARCH 8th 1855
LARGE NUGGET“ A very fine nugget has rewarded the enterprise of a Councilwoman named Tresize and her party of nine. It was found in the drive of a hole on Botany ?] Hill at a depth of 185 feet. There is not a speck of quartz to be seen and it is one of the purest [indecipherable] to be discerned. Its weight is 47 pounds 7 ounces.
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