History of the Australian Gold Rushes

Stock Code:
BAD0706
Price:
$25.00

Description

History of the Australian Gold Rushes by Those Who were there and edited by Nancy Keesing. When Edward Hammond Hargraves found himself 'surrounded by gold' near Bathurst in 1851, he sparked off what was to become the most exciting, and most chaotic, period in Australia's history. Gathered together in this volume are over 120 eye-witness accounts of those colourful, turbulent years between 1851 and the late 1890s. Here are first0hand accounts of fabulous 'finds', of terrible privations in the diggers' camps, of police brutality and ant-Chinese riots, of incredible feats of courage and endurance by men in the powerful grip of 'gold fever'.

Details

  • Author:
    Keesing, Nancy
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    Angus and Robertson Publishers
  • Edition:
    Reprint
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    CC4
  • ISBN:
    0207133549
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    412
  • Publish Date:
    1987
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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