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This image has been received in two donations. The original negative is accessioned at 5816B/234 (019031PD); a print was received at 4689B/412.
This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project supported by Lotterywest.
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Biography/history
The alluvialists were petitioning against the restrictions placed on them in working on mining leases ('the 10 foot rule') which, at a time when much of the alluvial gold had been worked in the Eastern Goldfields, had left many miners unemployed.
Summary
Alluvial miners' gathered for a meeting, possibly at Kalgoorlie race course.
