Hi Graham, thankyou for the message and the link for the Lamplough goldfield I will have a look at it later when I have replied to the unexpectedly large number of replies I got for my query. I am sure the account will be of help in giving me an idea of what conditions would have been like. Thankyou again. Regards Jenny DeAngelis. Spain. >A really good account of the rise and fall of a particular goldfield town, > Lamplough, can be found at http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Eadhs/Article.html, > but I think we can confidently expect that the picture painted would have > been replicated many times, in connection with other rushes.