Chinese notice Sovereign Hill Ballarat Victoria Australia

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Notice reads "The Chinese village of the gold station area which you have just entered is a place under the jurisdiction of the Protection Officer for Chinese people in Ballarat in accordance with the current Regulation No. 39 of Victoria of the 18th. Wm Henry Foster Chinese People's Protection Officer December 1859"

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Size: 4252px × 5315px
Location: Australia
Photo credit: © Roger Fletcher / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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