The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria 1851-1861 by Geoffrey Serle

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to foredges, preliminary and edn pages. Previous owner has signed inside page. Interior and binding are still very good.

Victorian history has never seen such activity and such fundamental changes as in the 1850s. These fantastic years transformed the minor pastoral settlement into the most celebrated British colony.

An outstanding account of a decade whose highlights included separation from New South Wales, the gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade, the establishment of parliamentary government, and the attempts to 'unlock the land'. Chinese on the Goldfields - Chinese in Victoria - Eureka Stockade - Gold - Religion & education - Arts & sciences - Population - Migration - Unassisted migration - Mining population - Gold production - John Dunmore Lang and Declaration of Independence - First Parliament 1856-1859 - Red-ribbon movement.