A humorous dramatisation of the ballad about two diggers in search of gold. They are frustrated by bad weather, the lure of the ‘grog’, hard rock, costly water and finally…no gold! The words were written on the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014449
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Gold mines and mining
Music & Performing Arts → Folk music
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)