Before heading out to Hill End we stopped and had a quick look at the War Memorial in Anzac Memorial Park in Gulgong.
Also a brief look at the statue of Henry Lawson, Gulgong hosts a Henry Lawson Festival every year and there is a Henry Lawson Museum here (which we didn't visit!)
On to Hill End, passing through Hargraves we came upon yet another war memorial, this one had a captured WW1 German Maxim machine gun mounted in it.
There is a very interesting museum in the village, which is run by NPNSW.
There is an extensive collection of old machinery etc outside the building in the grounds of the museum, which can be viewed free of charge, but there is a huge $2.20 entry charge to enter the building!
First a selection of photos of the old machinery.
An old gold battery.
Which of course was steam driven.
Another old gold battery, a smaller one this time.
The smithy is right next door.
With an interesting piece of equipment outside, at a guess it was used for bending things.
And this is what Hill End was all about, gold, the largest nugget found here
It stood 4'9" tall was 2'2" wide 4" thick and weighed 630lbs, it netted the finders, Holtermann and Beyers, a cool 12000 pound sterling, Don't know what that would be in current dollars, but by all accounts it was a lot!
No Medicare in those days, a visit here would have been expensive.
Some nice old cameras, including a stereo one.
Off for a walk around Hill End, with a lot of the heritage listed buildings still in use.
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