Letter from a French gold miner on the Victorian goldfields

Title: Letter from a French gold miner on the Victorian goldfields
Subject: Gold discoveries; Gold mines and mining; Victoria--History; French letters
Category: 1. Settlement
Author: Pradinet, Marcel
Current holder: State Library of Victoria
Date: December 25, 1855
Link: https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9936620333607636
Series number: MS 16103
Item number: 9936620333607636
Access rights: Request at location
Country of origin: Australia
Language: French
Description from source: 3 cm (folded manuscript envelope). Folded manuscript envelope. Includes post marks from Australian Packet Liverpool and Carbonne, France.
Physical format: Letters
Abstract: Letter from Marcel Pradinet, Victoria, to Monsieur Zacarie Arboulat, Carbonne, France. French goldminer Marcel Pradinet was located at the Jim Crow goldfield, Victoria. Letter discusses previous correspondence sent to his brother in 1846 and 1849. Letter describes the news of gold in Australia in 1850 and the cost associated with travelling to and within Victoria and the cost of living in 1853. Marcel Pradinet discusses the price of gold per ounce, and the conditions within the camp.
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