The story of gold in Australia is full of fascinating people and places, adventurers and dangers, successes and failures. From the 1850s, when people first left homes and jobs to find their fortunes on distant goldfields, the search for gold has affected the life and landscape of Australia in many ways. Find out about: . the gold rushes . alluvial mining . working conditions . problems and solutions . life on the goldfields . the big nuggets . building . health and hygiene . food and cooking . women and children . Chinese miners . law and order . Eureka Stockade . quartz mining . Lasseter's Reef . environmental impact . and much more.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Allen & Unwin .

John Nicholson studied and worked as an architect before turning to book design, illustration and writing.

This book has the following chapters: Note to readers Money and measurements Gold today 1 Big nuggets 2 Big mines 3 Big legends 4 The scars Some people have all the luck Glossary Index