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A gold mining licence, sometimes also called a miners' right, cost thirty shillings on the Australian goldfields in 1853. It had to be renewed regularly, and it had to be produced whenever the troopers came around to check. These checks were invasive and often quite violent, which is one of the main reasons why there was so much unrest on the goldfields in the early years of the Australian gold rushes.

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