Throughout history, gold has been the stuff of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia 150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. Immigrants flooded in from Asia and Europe, and the population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting. In the most unexpected ways, gold has shaped modern Australia. In this book, a team of Australia's most prominent historians ...
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Throughout history, gold has been the stuff of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia 150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. Immigrants flooded in from Asia and Europe, and the population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting. In the most unexpected ways, gold has shaped modern Australia. In this book, a team of Australia's most prominent historians and curators have collaborated to produce a cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society. Like a handful of tailings, Gold brings together a collection of stories that have been left out of standard Australian histories. In between runs a critical analysis of the relationship between gold and social change, race relations, gender, the environment, entertainment and industry.
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket; Jacket has split top corner. Cambridge review copy label inside page. 0521805953. Illustrated, index footnotes. Studies on the impact of gold rushes on Australia, immigrants, ethnic relations, chapter on New Guinea gold, Aborigines and gold seekers, gold rush brooches from Western Australia. 850gms weight; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 344 pages.
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Very Good. Size: 6x0x9; A very good hardback with just a few mild bumps, hence a non-text page is stamped damaged. Despite such, this book is actually in very decent shape, and appears unread. Now offered at a special bargain price.
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Fine (-) in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (AUS) Presume 1sst eition. No markings, there is a faint pinhead-sized spot to the leading edge of pages, thus Fine(-) in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardover, 344pp, B&W illus and photo augmented with a few colour illus. A team of prominent historians and curators have produced this innovative cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society. Throughout history, gold has been the "stuff" of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia 150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. The population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting. Melbourne Gold Rush, European and Chinese in the goldfields of New South Wales; Race and Australian Mining Legislation; Bendigo Miners' Union etc. (2.5 JM HOq 100/4.
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