Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1893

Grace (or George?) E Marsh. 

4th September 1893 - Sydney

Re - travel to Bathurst at the time of the gold rush - 1851
Since the date of this journal Bathurst has grown into an important city, the centre of a fine and prosperous agricultural district, with its Cathedral and its Bishop. The Turon Gold Fields are no longer the great attraction and at the present time the 'Diggings' are nearly, if not quite deserted.

The beautiful range of mountains with its hidden (near?) of untold and varied wealth however remain doubtless to be developed in future ages when the selfish narrow-minded policy of  the present day which would exclude all "aliens" *  from our shores will have given way to a more enlightened state of things, when Inter-colonial federation at least, if not Imperial will have become an accomplished fact and labour and  population which we need so much will be recognized as a necessity, if Australia is ever to attain the great position among nations which her  sons and daughters already ascribe to her!