A race to the gold diggings

This board game was made in England during the decade of the Australian gold rushes. It consists of a board made from a hand coloured lithographic sheet mounted on linen, a metal playing token, a rules list from a woodcut print and an illustrated varnished container. Depicted on the board game is the route from England to Australia including the key landmarks of Batavia, Mauritius , Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope . While in the centre is a portrayal of miners easily extracting chunks of gold .