Chinese Miner’s Right
After the Eureka Stockade, and the Report from the commission into the state of the goldfields, the miners licence was replaced with a miner's right. It could be purchased at the very affordable, annual cost of £1 per annum. The cost fluctuated over the years. In 1881, Yooh Woon, a Chinese miner at Ballarat, purchased this right at a cost of 5 shillings.
Printed cerificate, 1881
Accession number: MS 8374
From the State Library of Victoria's Manuscript Collection.
