Gold : A Pictorial History of the Australian Goldrush

MINING Australiana

Author Geoff Hocking has brought together a consummate collection of images and colourful stories of the characters who arrived in Australia during the days of the Gold Rush. Caroline Chisholm, Mark Twain, the daring Lola Montez and the dashing bushrangers who terrorised the highways and byways – Mad Dog Morgan, Captain Moonlight, Ben Hall. Includes beautiful detailed paintings, sketches of life on the goldfields, engravings and photographs by such names as Tom Roberts and Ford Maddox Brown.

• 256 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.), facsims. ; 28 cm. #130524
• First published as ‘To the diggings!’ by Thomas C. Lothian, P/L 2000.
• Includes index.
• Bibliography: p. 251.
• Gold mines and mining — Victoria — History
• Gold mines and mining — Australia — History
• Victoria — History
• Australia — History