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Nothing But Gold
Published 5 January 1999
ISBN 9781921799891
Format EBook
Extent 344pp

Nothing But Gold

The Diggers of 1852

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1 Dec 1999
EBook
5 Jan 1999
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Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, and within a year the infant colony was transformed from a sump for convicts to a Land of Opportunity.

Robyn Annear’s lively history describes in detail life on the diggings: the mud of winter and dust of summer, the pluckiness of the women and children, the grog shanties, the flies, the mania of mining, the despair and the delirium, and the much hated licensing system which was to culminate in the Eureka Stockade.
Published 5 January 1999
ISBN 9781921799891
Format EBook
Extent 344pp

About the author

Robyn Annear

Robyn Annear is the author of eleven books of history, including Bearbrass, A City Lost & Found: Whelan the Wrecker’s Melbourne, Nothing New, Adrift in Melbourne and Shutter City: Fragments of a forgotten Melbourne. She appeared in the acclaimed 2022 documentary, The Lost City of Melbourne. In her podcast, ‘Nothing on TV’, Robyn presents stories from Trove historical newspapers.
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Adrift in Melbourne
Corners of Melbourne
Lost Laneways of Melbourne
Nothing New
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