Gold mining in Australia, 19th century Stock Photo ...
AUSTRALIA GOLD MINES. Chinese labourers panning for gold in Western Australia about 1895; Herbert Hoover as a 23 year old mining engineer in Perth, West Australia, 1898. The future President earned a 5,000 salary (100,000 in 2010) working for a Londonbased gold mining company. (BSLOC 2015 16 43) 'GoldDigging in Australia', 19th century.