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-In the early hours

-of 26 October 1859...

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-..on the final leg of its voyage

-from Melbourne to Liverpool...

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-..the Royal Charter ran aground in a

-raging storm off the Anglesey coast.

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-497 people drowned.

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-Not a single woman

-or child survived.

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-But it wasn't only bodies

-that were swallowed by the sea.

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-Gold worth 80m that was acquired

-in the Australian gold rush...

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-..and stored as cargo...

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-..or hidden by passengers

-on their person, was also lost.

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-Much of the treasure

-still lies beneath the waves.

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-I'm on the hunt

-for the Royal Charter's lost gold...

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-..with Vincent Thurkettle.

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-It should be good.

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-My adventure

-will take me from the seabed...

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-..to the other side of the world.

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-I'll be poring over archives,

-revelling in the history...

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-I've found gold, guys!

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-..and uncovering a tragedy

-that echoes through the ages.

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-Family is everything and he's

-in touch with his family again.

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-On the trail of lost treasure...

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-..I've returned to Australia,

-my home from home...

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-..to the story's beginnings.

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-Of all the relics

-from the shipwreck...

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-..Vince and I

-have picked a shortlist.

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-A snuff box, a strange coin...

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-..a delicate gold ring

-and a chunk of primary gold.

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-# Talking Melbourne, 3AW #

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-We're outside the radio station.

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-The plan

-is to throw the bait out there...

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-..to see if there are descendents...

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-..with a claim to the treasure.

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-23 minutes before eight on 3W.

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-Our first guest is Vince Thurkettle,

-World Champion Gold Panner.

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-With a public appeal, we're hoping

-to trace the relics' history...

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-..by discovering

-who they belonged to.

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-We're also joined by Gwen Jones,

-a television presenter.

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-Give us a bit of Welsh.

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-Give us a bit of Welsh.

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-Good morning, Australia.

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-I hope you're all well.

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-If you've any information about

-the Royal Charter, get in touch.

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-Until then, have a great day.

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-You just used seven words

-you're not allowed to use on radio!

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-Lovely to meet you both.

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-"You're listening

-to Breakfast with Ross Stevenson."

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-Vince believes we'll have more

-success if we work independently.

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-You need that, and good luck.

-See you in Ballarat.

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-Thank you, Vince. Looks like

-I'm the treasure detective.

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-While he's on the trail

-of the primary gold...

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-..I begin tracing the history

-of everything else!

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-Treasure recovered in British waters

-is property of the Crown.

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-So we were unable to bring the

-Royal Charter relics to Australia.

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-But I'm armed with lots of photos.

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-I'm starting with

-the very strange coin.

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-Just because

-there's a Melbourne address on it.

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-In 1858, when the coin was minted...

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-..Melbourne was growing faster

-than any other city in the world.

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-During that time...

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-..Melbourne could be regarded

-as some kind of Kasbah, if you like.

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-It was a very cosmopolitan place,

-like many towns in South Wales...

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-..at that time.

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-There was

-no sewerage system or clean water...

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-..but with the revenue

-derived from gold...

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-..a university, a hospital

-and library were built...

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-..all within the 1850s.

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-Gold was also leaving the city

-in large quantities.

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-It's estimated...

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-..that 500 billion worth of gold...

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-..came from Australia

-during this period.

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-It funded the expansion

-of the British Empire...

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-..from one corner of the world

-to the other.

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-There's the treasury building.

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-The gold would've been stored there

-before being exported.

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-When Australia was a colony...

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-..all its money

-was minted in Britain.

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-So why does my coin have the name of

-a Melbourne street engraved on it?

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-Thanks for seeing me.

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-Claire Wright is a historian

-specializing in the Gold Rush.

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-I'm hoping she'll have the answer.

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-This is the footage we have of it.

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-It's

-a Hide & De Carle trading token.

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-So it wasn't a coin after all...

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-..but a token that was exchanged

-in the Hide & De Carle grocery.

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-Trading tokens were important to

-the Melbourne economy in the 1850s.

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-Emigrants didn't want their pockets

-laden with coins from back home.

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-Small change

-was a rarity in high street shops.

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-Even rarer than my trading token.

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-They reckon by about 1861 there

-were over a million trade tokens...

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-..in circulation.

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-We're going to see

-exactly where they were used.

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-Nowadays, Elizabeth Street is one

-of the busiest streets in Melbourne.

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-It would've been busy

-during the Gold Rush too...

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-..with numerous shops,

-one of which is significant.

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-This is the building

-that was where Hide & De Carle were.

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-How fabulous!

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-So this trading token would've

-originated from this exact spot.

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-It would've been minted

-and exchanged here.

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-It's one thing tracing the story

-back to a particular place...

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-..but making a direct connection

-between the treasure...

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-..and its owner, a Royal Charter

-passenger, requires more research.

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-At the Victorian Archives Centre,

-among the 100km of public papers...

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-..are

-the passenger lists of ships...

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-..that sailed from

-Melbourne to Britain in the 1850s.

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-What you're looking in front of you

-is the list for the Royal Charter.

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-That's fantastic.

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-Thank you very much.

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-Touching the actual paper

-that the captain would've signed...

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-..brings the story back to life.

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-"Miner. Miner.

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-"Miner.

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-"Moss. Franklin. Mary. Ellen."

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-They're all very young.

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-The girls are 28, 22. 27.

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-I'm searching

-for one name in particular.

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-A man whose name was engraved on the

-snuff box we salvaged from the sea.

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-This is the best clue I have.

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-An inexpensive copper box...

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-..belonging to a passenger

-in third class, perhaps?

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-"Bennett?"

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-That looks like Bennett to me.

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-Or is it Burrett?

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-I wonder if that's our Bennett?

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-How old is he?

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-"Male, aged 31." Or is that 38?

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-It might be William Burrett.

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-I don't think

-that's our Edward Bennett.

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-That looks like

-William Burrett to me.

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-Hopes of

-finding Edward Bennett are fading.

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-But there's another name

-that rings a bell.

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-Here we are. Mrs Fenwick.

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-I remember her in the churchyard.

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-I saw her grave and the grave

-of her sister and brother-in-law...

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-..along with seven of their children

-buried in the same grave.

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-Devastating.

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-Daughters, miners, sailors.

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-The tragedy

-of the early emigrants...

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-..is rooted in the soil.

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-# You'll come a-waltzing

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-# Matilda...

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-From Moelfre to Melbourne...

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-..the disaster still echoes.

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-# Waltzing Matilda

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-# Waltzing Matilda

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-# You'll come a-waltzing...

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-In the city's Welsh church...

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-..where the Victoria Welsh Choir

-rehearses...

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-..you'll clearly hear the communion.

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-# Tra mor yn fur

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-# I'r bur hoff bau

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-# O bydded

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-# I'r hen iaith

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-# Barhau

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-# Waltzing

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-# With me #

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-Thank you very much.

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-CHOIR LAUGHS

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-Thank you.

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-The last thing you expect to hear

-in the heart of Melbourne...

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-..is the sound

-of a male voice choir.

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-It's testament

-to the Welsh here in Australia...

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-..and the Gold Rush...

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-..and how important it is

-to us Welsh people.

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-It prompts an incredible yearning.

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-Longing is the same,

-no matter what age you live in.

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-Wonderful. Thank you very much.

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-After failing to connect

-the treasure...

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-..with any of the passengers, I feel

-like the world's worst detective.

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-I'm a bit concerned because I've

-absolutely nothing to show Vince.

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-I'm disappointed...

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-..and I hope he's done

-better than me with his panning.

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-Outside the city in the gold fields,

-Vince conducts his own research.

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-These are chunks of gold

-with a bit of quartz in it.

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-A miner called James Keane...

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-..claims he knows where the

-Royal Charter's gold had come from.

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-Better still,

-he offers to take us there.

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-We're on James's territory now

-and we're in search of gold.

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-I'm with two of the world's

-expert gold panners here...

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-..so if I don't find gold,

-there's something wrong somewhere.

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-During the Gold Rush...

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-..this place, Slaty Creek, would've

-been teeming with miners...

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-..hoping to make their fortune.

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-A shovel.

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-This is the place.

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-Anywhere along the edge of here, it

-seems to be shedding out from here.

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-We take

-a few samples along the sides.

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-I've no idea what I'm doing.

-Don't laugh, Dad!

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-Have that bit of loose shale.

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-Easy for you to say, Vince.

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-Trapped down within that slate.

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-The early miners

-didn't live past the age of 40.

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-I can see why.

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-The nearest water?

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-We'll stroll up the creek.

-There's a little pond up there.

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-I'd like my own creek.

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-According to James,

-the gold is so heavy...

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-..it will sink to the bottom

-when we sieve the dirt.

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-Gold is six to nine times heavier

-than anything else in this creek.

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-So how probable is it...

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-..that the Royal Charter gold

-would've come from this area?

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-I'd say highly probable.

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-Why's that?

-Is there a particular colour?

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-It would be the purity of the gold.

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-It's quite high in this area.

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-I'd say they'd want to

-take samples back home with them.

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-The gold you're panning now...

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-..there'll be some of that

-in the Royal Charter as well.

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-You just want to shake it

-side to side.

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-You can remove some of the slates.

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-Now we get rid of the excess. Throw

-anything in the top sieve away.

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-Are you sure?

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-Are you sure?

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-Yes, I'll take the pan for you.

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-Throw all that out.

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-You can tip out some of your soil.

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-Crikey, what are you doing?

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-I didn't realize how hard it was.

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-It's hard when you're kneeling down.

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-Imagine doing this all day.

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-Digging, panning, digging, panning.

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-It's hard work.

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-Just do gentle swirls

-and we should be able to see...

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-..if there's any gold in it.

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-At the top of the pan should remain

-some gold. There's some.

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-Whoo! You can spot it straight away.

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-It's golden.

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-Wow.

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-Congratulations, you found gold.

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-Congratulations, you found gold.

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-Thank you.

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-Wow.

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-It gives you a real buzz.

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-I've found

-these tiny specks of gold.

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-Imagine if you found a big chunk.

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-At the height of the Gold Rush...

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-..people were finding

-very large chunks.

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-Money generated from gold founded

-civilized towns like Ballarat.

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-There is a living museum here today.

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-A kind of a Gold Rush St Fagans,

-if you like!

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-In the early days, there was

-treasure to be found everywhere.

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-When the gold

-on the surface ran out...

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-..they mined underground.

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-Like coal,

-they had to dig underground...

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-..and create shafts

-to retrieve the gold.

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-Companies were formed

-and a gold industry was established.

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-It attracted more and more Welshmen,

-and Britons in general...

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-..who were skilled miners.

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-As the industry grew...

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-..so did a more civilized society.

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-It was fashionable to wear gems and

-gold was turned into pretty objects.

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-Of the four things on our list...

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-..the prettiest by far

-is the delicate ring.

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-It has no markings at all.

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-It provides no clues

-as to who it belonged to.

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-But to someone

-like Kirsten Albrecht...

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-..owner of Melbourne's

-oldest jewellers...

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-..every piece of jewellery

-has a story to tell.

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-It seems to me from looking at it...

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-..it's a ring of the 1850s.

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-It's 18-carat or higher.

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-What about the opal and diamond?

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-I think that the opal

-would be from Hungary.

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-The reason I say Hungary is because

-opal wasn't mined in Australia...

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-..until 1872.

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-And the diamonds?

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-They would've come from India.

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-They would've been

-hand-cut old mined diamonds.

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-One thing that struck us

-was how amazingly small it was.

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-It's an E.

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-Well, actually,

-an E is incredibly small.

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-Let's put it on your finger, Gwen.

-You've got tiny fingers.

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-It's a tiny finger size.

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-Is this a young girl's ring

-or a lady's?

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-At the time, a wealthy family

-would have a child's ring.

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-That narrows this a lot because that

-makes this a first-class passenger.

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-A little girl

-and a first-class passenger.

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-Of course.

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-Of course.

-

-It's such a shame, isn't it?

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-It's so sad.

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-So we now know that the ring

-would've belonged to a little girl.

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-We also know that no child or woman

-survived the storm.

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-The next step

-is to find a little girl's name...

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-..on the first class passenger list.

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-On the night

-the Royal Charter ran aground...

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-..only three little girls

-were travelling in first class.

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-Before I've time

-to search any further...

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-Lovely. Speak to you soon.

-Thank you. Bye.

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-..someone gets in touch

-after the radio appeal...

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-..saying they're related to a woman

-who was travelling in Saloon.

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-"Mrs Fenwick...

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-"..28 years of age,

-and a daughter...

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-..aged nine."

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-That's too much of a coincidence.

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-The names

-send a shiver down my spine.

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-Not only is this the Ellen

-who was buried in Moelfre...

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-..but the daughter is the right age

-to be wearing a gold ring.

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-There's a stronger connection as I

-pore over newspapers from the day...

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-..and find out

-how people identified Ellen's body.

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-"And the rings on their fingers

-led to their identity."

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-There's one final twist in the tale.

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-Another newspaper article

-refers to Robert Fenwick...

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-..the husband Ellen left behind.

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-"He remained in Melbourne...

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-"..and about five days before

-the wreck, wrote to a friend...

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-"..saying that he had seen

-his wife and children in a dream...

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-"..battling with the waves

-and calling to him for help.

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-"The dream so preyed on his mind...

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-"..that he committed suicide

-by cutting his throat."

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-It's obvious that this tragedy...

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-..carries on and on.

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-While digesting

-the latest developments...

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-..Vince and I

-head to Sydney to meet the man...

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-..who claims he's a descendent.

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-I've got interesting photographs.

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-I've got interesting photographs.

-

-Keith Smith...

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-..is the illegitimate relation

-of Ellen Fenwick.

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-Her father, Peter Degraves, fathered

-a child with his maid, Susan...

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-..who was Keith's

-great-great-grandmother.

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-Louisa and Ellen Fenwick...

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-..were daughters of Peter Degraves.

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-So they're my relations?

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-They're your relations.

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-You've got two families there...

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-..all in this big grave...

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-..on the island of Anglesey.

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-Isn't that horrible?

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-Incredible.

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-I've spent 20 years

-looking up genealogy items...

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-..and that's the ultimate.

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-It's time

-to show Keith the treasure...

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-..we believe

-belonged to his great aunt.

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-This is the ring...

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-..we think

-that little Ellen Fenwick...

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-It's most likely, because she's

-the only nine-year-old in Saloon.

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-The only child

-who could afford a ring like this.

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-So it's very probable

-that this could be her ring.

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-Incredible.

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-Incredible and unbelievable.

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-I can't...

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-You can't believe

-that after all these years...

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-..this is part of my family.

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-I can't...

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-Is it strange, or...?

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-Yes, it really is.

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-Even if you find one relation...

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-..it's good news...

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-..but to now find

-that they're all related to me...

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-..and you found this treasure...

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-..it's incredible.

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-Vince and I

-have followed the clues...

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-..from one continent to the other.

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-By playing detective, we've solved

-some of the Royal Charter mystery...

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-..and its lost treasures.

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-The gold is undoubtedly precious...

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-..but perhaps the biggest prize...

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-..is being able

-to share the story with relations.

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-Poor kid.

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-At the end of the day,

-family is the most precious thing.

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-And he's found his family.

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