In the early 1860s special voting rights were granted to gold miners. Like the men pictured here, most miners lived in shacks or tents and therefore would normally not have been eligible under the property franchise.

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: Greenwood Collection, F-117280-1/2

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