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Victorian Goldfields, Colony Of Victoria, £1 Miner's Right…
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Melbourne
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11-Dec-2017
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Victorian Goldfields, Colony Of Victoria, £1 Miner's Right Issued At Sandhurst (Bendigo), March 1857 Letterpress in blue, printed on vellum, inscribed and dated in ink, 21 x 23 cm. Inscriptions include '(District) Sandhurst. 16 March 1857. (Issued to) John August Niemann.' (Miner's Rights printed on vellum are scarce, most being printed on paper). This permit was most likely issued to Johannn August Niemann born in 1836 in Bremen, Germany. His family migrated in 1846 to Adelaide. During the 1850s the family moved to Sandhurst (Bendigo), Victoria, and Niemann worked as a carrier between Melbourne and the Goldfields. In 1862 he was a claimholder for Fortuna Co. An active citizen of Bendigo his many interests and activities included being a Secretary of The Bendigo United Friendly Societies Medical Institute after it was established in 1872. Ref: Niemann Family Tree.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents