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The talk of London at the time was of the Australian gold strikes, so Lobb booked the first available passage to Sydney, New South Wales. True to the maxim that those who supply gold miners make more money than the miners themselves, as the only shoemaker amongst the prospectors, Lobb prospered making sturdy boots with secret compartments for gold particles in the hollow heels and with his earnings he opened a shop in George Street, Sydney which also flourished.