The Gold Rush [electronic resource]
David Hill2011
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The fever that forever changed Australia.
David Hill relates the extraordinary people and staggering events of Australia's
great gold-rush years.
From the mid- to late-1800s, people from all corners of the globe and all walks
of life, including two future prime ministers of Great Britain and Australia,
threw off their previous pursuits and made the often perilous journey to the
goldfields, from where they would return either fabulously wealthy or
demoralised and broken - if they returned at all.
From the destitute to the eminent, the prospectors included such characters as
Edward Hargraves, who won the race to find the first payable gold in New South
Wales, Lola Montez, whose sensual 'Spider Dance' caused outrage and delight in
equal measure, Lord Percy Douglas, the elder brother of Oscar Wilde's famed
lover Bosie, who returned from Western Australia empty-handed, and Herbert
Hoover, who managed the Sons of Gwalia mine in Western Australia at the age of
22.
David...
Main title:
The Gold Rush [electronic resource] / David Hill
Author:
David Hill, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Random House Australia, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (512)
Audience:
"General/trade;General/trade"
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742754420
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
446607
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |