Friday,
22 November 2024
Angry miners vented their frustrations

DESPITE its unassuming appearance, Bright’s gold battery shed once held the hopes and dreams of those who hungered for the district’s gold, and the riches it would bring.

Believing it would stimulate mining at a time it was in decline, the State Government installed the Bright State Gold Battery in 1956, one of over 30 across Victoria.

The ‘batteries’ were actually electric-powered crushing ...

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