Talk:Gum-digger

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A fact from Gum-digger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 20 November 2007.

[edit] Modern Info?

Nice article. It's a very interesting story. I'm curious as to the current state of the gum-digging industry. Is it still occurring? If so, on what sort of scale? - 14:06, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

That's a good question, and it's one I've found no clear answer to. According to this local history, "now, in the 1980s, no one is employed fulltime in the gum industry and less than one ton is exported annually for very specialised uses." But how is it found? And who does it? this in an interesting commercial site, advertising gum for sale, and it refers to: "The gum we find today down in the swamplands". Perhaps it is mainly done by hobbyists? It would be interesting to find out... Kauri Gumdigger (talk) 01:10, 22 November 2007 (UTC)