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In this 1945 photograph by John Pascoe, two veteran miners debate the politics of the day at Seddonville, just north of Charming Creek. The state takeover of a number of mines in the 1940s provoked intense discussion in the mining community.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)
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