Gold! The Fever That Forever Changed Australia by David Hill

Gold! The Fever That Forever Changed Australia by David Hill

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781741669251
Author: David Hill
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
Place: North Sydney NSW
Year: 2010
Format: Paperback
Pages: 498 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor edgewear. Slight fold to front cover..

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. (backcover)

Former title: The Gold Rush: The Fever That Forever Changed Australia

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