Gold. The Fever That Forever Changed Australia

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: William Heinemann
Publisher Place: North Sydney
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 497 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and a tear mark from an old sticker on cover present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: The gold era brought sweeping and lasting changes. It produced great wealth and ensured the financial viability of the struggling colonies. It stimulated a dramatic increase to Australias population, was the last nail in the coffin for convict transportation, subverted the hierarchical British class system, laid the foundations of the Australian egalitarian ethos and stimulated the democratic ideas that led to the establishment of the nation of Australia. Told by those who were part of the adventure, the book is abundant with original source materials, including diaries, journals, books, letters, official reports, Parliamentary inquiries, press reports, paintings, drawings, and photographs.

ISBN: 9781741669251