Meet the Butcher

Some struck gold underground. Others found opportunity behind the butcher's block instead.

A cut above the rest

Before supermarkets and Uber Eats, there was the humble butcher.

Meet one of the hardest-working traders on the goldfields. While miners searched for gold, the butcher made sure they had the fuel to keep digging.

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