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KIANDRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
GOLD MININGThe following pictures have been kindly provided by the National Library of Australia from their Picture collection at: www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/
Drawing of Kiandra in 1860 (nla.pic - au 6617964) Sluicing with the Giant Nozzle: Charles Kerry (nla.pic - au - 3303492)
New Chum Tail Race, Covered with Ice, Charles Kerry (nla ref 26/2376)
A detailed history of gold mining at Kiandra
can be found in Historic Kiandra. This was first published by the
Cooma-Monaro Historical Society in 1959, to mark the centenary of
the Kiandra Gold Rush, 1859-1860. Copies of Historic Kiandra can be
obtained from the Society, whose address is PO Box 1117, Cooma, NSW 2630.
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