History of the Australian Gold Rushes (Australian Classics) edited by Nancy Keesing

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to top foredge. Faint mark on right foredge. Faint mark on front endpage. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. Body text and binding are still excellent.

Gathered together are over 120 eyewitness accounts of the turbulent years between 1851 to the late 1890s on the Victorian Goldfields. Extracts from diggers' letters and diaries, from official reports complemented by drawings, paintings and prints.

First published in 1969 under the title - Gold Fever.