Nothing but gold: the diggers of 1852 9781921799891, 1921799897
Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, and within a year the infant colony was transformed from a sump for convicts t
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English Pages illustrations, map Year 1999;2012
Table of contents :
Cover Page --
About the Author --
Title Page --
Copyright --
Illustration Sources --
Dedication --
Acknowledgments --
Table of Contents --
Weights and Measures --
A Note about Goldfield Names --
Prelude --
One: Discovery --
Two: The Great Exhibition --
Three: Melbourne-bound --
Four: Diggings, Ho! --
Five: The Road --
Six: The Tent --
Seven: Tentkeeping --
Eight: The Land of Chops and Steak --
Nine: The Neighbourhood --
Ten: Time Off --
Eleven: Sundays --
Twelve: When the Dustwinds Blow --
Thirteen: Rush --
Fourteen: Dig --
Fifteen: Perseverance --
Sixteen: Diggers' Gold. Seventeen: The New Aristocracy --
Eighteen: Licences and the Law --
Nineteen: Police! --
Twenty: The Camp --
Twenty-one: Joe! --
Twenty-two: Keep Your Powder Dry --
Twenty-three: The Great Adventure --
Coda --
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