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What it used to cost - Wages in Victoria through the last 200 years

DrunkBrother		Posted : Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:52:04 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 27/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 911 Location: Auckland Thanks: 21 times Was thanked: 206 time(s) in 161 post(s)		http://guides.slv.vic.go...?pid=14258&sid=95522 Very interesting to understand what it would worth for a person to loose a Shilling or a florin back in years... Check it out!
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Thursday, 13 September 2012 2:59:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Thats really interesting - I havemany comparison charts here somewhere and some I had of the costs of items on the Goldfields compared wih in the cities etc make interesting reading.

gjj109		Posted : Thursday, 13 September 2012 3:34:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 14/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 464 Location: Thames Thanks: 217 times Was thanked: 194 time(s) in 115 post(s)		Losing those gothic florins must have really hurt in the mid 1800's; the equivalent of a days wages. Look how much more profitable businesses employing women would have been before this equal pay nonsense was implemented.

Foiled again		Posted : Thursday, 13 September 2012 4:37:57 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Quick everyone! Gather your coins and jump in the Delorean! Helluva party guna happen if we could do that...
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