Toodyay Gold compiled by Peter J Bridge and Angela Teague

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Marks on white card front and back covers. Interior is very good. Book is clean and binding is very good.

Toodyay, one of the earliest settlements in Western Australia, dating from the 1830s, and the scene of many interesting incidents, showed that after a century of occupation it had more secrets to reveal, when in 1931, early in the first Great Depression, Brown and party discovered payable gold in Yinniding Creek, eight miles south-west of the town. This is an example of resources expanding to fill the needs.

This systematic collection of items in chronological order shows how the finds supported a small community of diggers during the difficult years of high unemployment and minimal incomes.