Gold : a pictorial history of the Australian gold rush / Geoff Hocking .
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TextPublication details: Rowville, Vic : Five Mile Press, 2005Description: 256 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports.(some col.), facsims ; 28 cmISBN: 9781741247947 (pbk.); 1741247942 (pbk.)Uniform titles: To the diggings. Subject(s): Gold mines and mining -- Victoria -- History | Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History | Victoria -- History | Australia -- HistoryDDC classification: 994.5 Summary: AU Author. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 saw thousands of men rush from Australian colonies to try their luck in America. Then in 1851 fresh from their success in the American goldfields, Edward Hargreaves and James Esmond began an Australian goldrush that turned the world 'topsy-turvey'.
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Adult Non Fiction | Q 994.5 HOC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111030739179 |
Previously published as: To the diggings. Lothian, 2000.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 251.
AU Author. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 saw thousands of men rush from Australian colonies to try their luck in America. Then in 1851 fresh from their success in the American goldfields, Edward Hargreaves and James Esmond began an Australian goldrush that turned the world 'topsy-turvey'.
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