The gold rush : the fever that forever changed Australia / Gold mines and mining
Hill, David, 1946-
The gold rush : the fever that forever changed Australia / David Hill. - North Sydney, N.S.W. : William Heinemann, 2011, c2010. - xiv, [497] p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-473) and index.
AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY: C 1750 TO C 1900. AUSTRALIAN. The fever that forever changed Australia. David Hill relates the extraordinary people and staggering events of Australia's great gold-rush years. From the mid- to late-1800s, people from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, including two future prime ministers of Great Britain and Australia, threw off their previous pursuits and made the often perilous journey to the goldfields, from where they would return either fabulously wealthy or demoralised and broken - if they returned at all.
9781864711301 (pbk.)
Gold mines and mining--History.--Australia
Australia--Gold discoveries--Social aspects.
Australia--Gold discoveries--Economic aspects.
Australia--History--1851-1891.
994.031
The gold rush : the fever that forever changed Australia / David Hill. - North Sydney, N.S.W. : William Heinemann, 2011, c2010. - xiv, [497] p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-473) and index.
AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY: C 1750 TO C 1900. AUSTRALIAN. The fever that forever changed Australia. David Hill relates the extraordinary people and staggering events of Australia's great gold-rush years. From the mid- to late-1800s, people from all corners of the globe and all walks of life, including two future prime ministers of Great Britain and Australia, threw off their previous pursuits and made the often perilous journey to the goldfields, from where they would return either fabulously wealthy or demoralised and broken - if they returned at all.
9781864711301 (pbk.)
Gold mines and mining--History.--Australia
Australia--Gold discoveries--Social aspects.
Australia--Gold discoveries--Economic aspects.
Australia--History--1851-1891.
994.031