| ISBN |
0521805953 (hbk.) |
| 9781107403536 |
| Title |
Gold : forgotten histories and lost objects of Australia / edited by Iain McCalman, Alexander Cook, Andrew Reeves. |
| Published |
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
| Description |
xiv, 344 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. |
| Notes |
"Produced with the assistance of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra" |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: 1. Making an edgier history of gold / David Goodman -- 2. 'The finger of God': gold's impact on New South Wales / Paul Pickering -- 3. Gold-rush Melbourne / Graeme Davison -- 4. Labour and trade unionism in Victorian goldmining: Bendigo, 1861-1915 / Charles Fahey -- 5. Mullock heaps and tailing mounds: the environmental effects of alluvial goldmining / Barry McGowan -- Part II: 6. 'Men of all nations, except Chinamen': Europeans and Chinese on the goldfields of New South Wales / Ann Curthoys -- 7. Undesirable persons: race and West Australian mining legislation / Patrick Bertola -- 8. Golden opportunities? Immigrant workers in Western Australia's eastern goldfields, 1900-1965 / Bill Bunbury -- Part III: 9. Eyewitness? Drawings by Oscar of Cooktown / Kim McKenzie and Carol Cooper -- 10. Golden reflections: depictions of Aborigines on the North-West Australian goldfields / Ian Coates -- 11. Lasseter's stories: tending the ghosts of desert gold / David Raftery -- |
| 12. Isla del Oro: seeking New Guinea gold / Hank Nelson -- 13. Jukurrpa: golden dreams / Derek Elias -- Part IV: 14. Mrs Charles Clancy, Lola Montez and Poll the grogseller: glimpses of women on the early Victorian goldfields / Margaret Anderson -- 15. After the gold rush: material culture and settlement on Victoria's central goldfields / Susan Lawrence -- 16. Vegetable plots and pleasure gardens of the Victorian goldfields / Suzanne Hunt -- Part V: 17. Edward Snell: sketching a fortune / Tom Griffiths and Alan Platt; 18. Antoine Fauchery: a French artist's view of the goldfields / Dianne Reilly -- 19. Cinderella's jewellery: the gold-rush brooches of Western Australia / Dorothy Erickson -- 20. A broad brush dipped in gold: the expansion of Australian vision / Anita Callaway. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subjects |
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History |
| Australia -- History -- 20th century |
| Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 |
| Australia -- Civilization -- 19th century |
| Australia -- Civilization -- 20th century |
| Australia -- Gold discoveries -- Social aspects |
| Other Names |
Reeves, Andrew |
| McCalman, Iain |
| Cook, Alexander, 1973- |
| Added Corporate Names |
National Museum of Australia |
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