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{{Publication|Author=R.P. Whitworth https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34878|Author Gender=Male|Nationality=British; Australian |Date=01/04/1884|Publication Title=Devon Herald| Reprint=|Form=Short story|Form 2=|Form 3=|Genre=Adventure|Genre 2=|Genre 3=|Genre 4=|Extract Regime=Gold|Extract Regime 2=|Extract Regime 4=|Extractive Stage=Exploration|Extractive Stage 2=|Extractive Stage 3=|Extractive Stage 4=|Labour=|Labour 2=|Labour 3=|Infrastructure=|Infrastructure 2=|Infrastructure 3=|Colonies represented=Victoria|Colonies represented 2=|Colonies represented 3=|Colonies represented 4=|Colony Pub.=Tasmania|Location=Tasmania|GPS=-42.0000000, 147.0000000|Web Link=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187107070|Chapters Continued=|Notes=Narrator recounts his time on the diggings at Ballarat}}