Digging Around Coober Pedy: Exploring Life in the Little Opal Mining Town with a Big Profile by Anne Johnson

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are also very good.

Coober Pedy has always fascinated the outside world, and Digging around Coober Pedy tells why this is so, and what makes it an Australian icon. Within this little far away South Australian bush community there are opal miners, Aboriginal people, international travellers, bush people, and residents who have come from around the world, who you will enjoy meeting on these pages.

You will be amazed by the diverse mixture of gutsy people who have persevered in this harsh climate and unusual underground lifestyle, by the first European explorer who struggled through without seeing opal and remarkable water stories and photographs that tell the intriguing, colourful history of this desert place. You will be captivated by the eight opal miner's own stories from different times.