Nothing But Gold
The Diggers of 1852
$22.91
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 December 1999
Summary
Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, and within a year the infant colony was transformed from a sump for convicts to a Land of Opportunity.
Robyn Annear’s lively history describes in detail life on the diggings: the mud of winter and dust of summer, the pluckiness of the women and children, the grog shanties, the flies, the mania of mining, the despair and the delirium, and the much hated licensing system which was to culminate in the Eureka Stockade.
‘Robyn Annear tells …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781876485283 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1876485280 |
| Author: | Robyn Annear |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 1999 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘History from the inside; wonderfully entertaining.’ * Age *
‘A welcome addition to Australian history, pointing to badly needed ways in which history can be made more reader-friendly.’ * Quadrant *
Robyn Annear
Robyn Annear is the author of eleven books of history, including Bearbrass, A City Lost & Found: Whelan the Wrecker’s Melbourne, Nothing New, Adrift in Melbourne, and Shutter City: Fragments of a forgotten Melbourne. She appeared in the acclaimed 2022 documentary, The Lost City of Melbourne. In her podcast, ‘Nothing on TV’, Robyn presents stories from Trove historical newspapers.
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