Gold : forgotten histories and lost objects of Australia / edited by Iain McCalman, Alexander Cook,...
Gold : forgotten histories and lost objects of Australia / edited by Iain McCalman, Alexander Cook,...
Gold : forgotten histories and lost objects of Australia / edited by Iain McCalman, Alexander Cook, Andrew Reeves.
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Publisher
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
Call Numbers
622.1841/13
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 344 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
12. Isla del Oro: seeking New Guinea gold / Hank Nelson -- 13. Jukurrpa: golden dreams / Derek Elias -- Part IV: 14. Mrs Charles Clancy, Lola Montez and Poll the grogseller: glimpses of women on the early Victorian goldfields / Margaret Anderson -- 15. After the gold rush: material culture and settl...
Part I: 1. Making an edgier history of gold / David Goodman -- 2. 'The finger of God': gold's impact on New South Wales / Paul Pickering -- 3. Gold-rush Melbourne / Graeme Davison -- 4. Labour and trade unionism in Victorian goldmining: Bendigo, 1861-1915 / Charles Fahey -- 5. Mullock heaps and tail...
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Publisher
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The discovery of gold in Australia 150 years ago had profound effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples. In this book, a team of prominent historians and curators have collaborated to produce a cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society.
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Gold : forgotten histories and lost objects of Australia / edited by Iain McCalman, Alexander Cook, Andrew Reeves.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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622.1841/13
Record Identifier
74VvAD5EzARZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvAD5EzARZ
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ISBN
0521805953 (hbk.)
9780521805957
0521805953
9780521805957 (hbk.)
DDC
994
622.18410994
MMS ID
991013446479702626
