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Painting of a long line of men passing through Flemington (Slide 1)

Andrew Jakubowicz.

Samuel Brees captured the movement in this painting of a long line of men passing through Flemington in 1856 at the outset of trek to the central gold field districts.

Created:

unknown

Date Added:

04 February 2009

Source:

source not available

Format:

jpg (JPEG Image);

File size:

56 KB

Dimensions:

550 x 353

Transcript

Chinese spilled out of ships at Melbourne throughout 1855 and 1856. Samuel Brees captured the movement in this painting of a long line of men passing through Flemington in 1856 at the outset of trek to the central gold field districts.

State Library of Victoria collections
Painting
Accessions H17071