Castles of gold : a history of New Zealand's West Coast Irish / Lyndon Fraser.
Castles of gold : a history of New Zealand's West Coast Irish / Lyndon Fraser.
Castles of gold : a history of New Zealand's West Coast Irish / Lyndon Fraser.
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Publisher
Dunedin, N.Z. : Otago University Press, c2007.
Call Numbers
993.71004/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
203 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The propsect -- 2. 'Land of gold' : Irish migration to the diggings -- 3. 'The elusive pile' : working lives on the goldfields -- 4. Land, love or lucre : Irish marriages on the West Coast -- 5. Old beliefs in a new world : religion on the mining frontier -- 6. Far from home? : diaspora politics...
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Publisher
Dunedin, N.Z. : Otago University Press, c2007.
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"These days, family surnames on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island indicate the Irish origins of many of its early European settlers. This is the first academic study on the history of those Irish in the context of the history of the larger Irish diaspora. The author links individual stories to those questions, drawing on private letters...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Castles of gold : a history of New Zealand's West Coast Irish / Lyndon Fraser.
Portion of title
History of New Zealand's West Coast Irish.
Spine title
Castles of gold.
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General note
Otago history series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
993.71004/1
Record Identifier
74VMQmERez83
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQmERez83
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ISBN
9781877372445 (pbk.) :
DDC
993.710049162
MMS ID
991000389209702626
