Lost glitter, A : Letters between South Australia and the Western Australian Goldfields, 1895-1897

MINING AUSTRALIANA

Personal correspondence of the Deland family, dating from the late 1890s, describing life on the Western Australian goldfields and society and family life in contemporary Adelaide and Gawler ; includes attitudes towards and incidents involving Aboriginal people.
x, 258 p., [28] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 243-251. #291122 First Edition.
Deland family — Correspondence. | Deland family. | Gold miners — Western Australia — Kalgoorlie Region — Correspondence. | Gold mines and mining — Western Australia — Kalgoorlie Region — History. | Mining industry – Gold. | History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous. | Occupations – Miners. | History – Genealogy and family history. | South Australia — Social life and customs — 1891-1901. | Western Australia — Social life and customs — 1829-1900. | Kalgoorlie Region (W.A.) — Social life and customs. | Kalgoorlie-Boulder (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09) | Gawler (SE SA SI54-09) | Adelaide (SE SA SI54-09)