Goldfields and the gothic : a hidden heritage & folklore / edited & compiled by David Waldron.
Goldfields and the gothic : a hidden heritage & folklore / edited & compiled by David Waldron.
Goldfields and the gothic : a hidden heritage & folklore / edited & compiled by David Waldron.
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Full title
Publisher
North Melbourne, Victoria Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2016/1178
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
v, 194 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Ghosts and bogeymen of the goldfields -- Spiritualism in nineteenth-century Ballarat / Greg Young -- Playing the ghost : ghost hoaxing and supernaturalism in nineteenth-century Victoria / Dr. David Waldron -- William Bailey and his haunted mansion / Dr. Anne Beggs-Sunter -- Banshees / Dr. Jill Blee...
Publication information
Publisher
North Melbourne, Victoria Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2016.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Generations of Australians have grown up with the legend of Eureka and the familiar images of the gold rush in central Victoria. However, underneath these commonly known stories lies a stranger and darker past. As well as colonists, pioneers, soldiers and rebel miners, the colonial goldfields were home to spiritualists, secret societies, ghost-hoax...
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Full title
Goldfields and the gothic : a hidden heritage & folklore / edited & compiled by David Waldron.
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2016/1178
Record Identifier
74VKVDRkDzab
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVDRkDzab
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781925333510
DDC
994.5031
MMS ID
991023978219702626
