Gold dust of Hill End

The legends of the isolated NSW gold mining settlement, Hill End, loom large. 370,000 ounces were found in a quarter mile area, over two short years. Hill End is unique for the records which remain of its gold hey day. Hundreds of photographs by Beaufoy Merlin document the rush of the 1870s, while the town itself has a number of well restored buildings remaining. But while the gold rushes capture the popular imagination, what of the community which has lasted 150 years through tough times and good? This program also looks beyond the gold history, at the families who stayed, generation after generation, and still call the village home.