Gold
Forgotten Histories and Lost Objects of Australia
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Author
Contributions
- Iain McCalman (Editor) - Contributor
- Alexander Cook (Editor) - Contributor
- Andrew Reeves (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
2001-06-11 - Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Word Count
89,500 words, Guess
Page Count
358 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100521805953
- ISBN-139780521805957
- LibraryThing4741887
- Goodreads1886202
- Open LibraryOL7754984M
Description
The discovery of gold in Australia 150 years ago had profound effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples. In this book, a team of prominent historians and curators have collaborated to produce a cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society.
First Sentence
The discovery of the Victorian Gold Fields has converted a remote dependency into a country of world-wide fame; it has attracted a population extraordinary in number, with unprecedented rapidity; it has enhanced the value of property to an enormous extent; it has made this the richest country in the world; and, in less than three years, it has done for this Colony the work of an age and made its impulses felt in the most distant regions of the earth.
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- Gold
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