Opals & gold : wanderings & work on the mining & gem fields / by Robert M. Macdonald
- Bib ID:
- 1694561
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Macdonald, Robert M. (Robert Maclauchlan)
- Description:
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- London : Fisher Unwin, 1928
- 255 p. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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The author travels through Australia and the then territory of New Guinea prospecting and exploring for gold, 'molybdenite' and pearls with a changing band of fellow prospectors. Among the various mining anecdotes they encounter Aborignal people and describe their customs, ceremonies and rituals. The text contains language, terms and attitudes that would be considered derogatory today.
- Subject:
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- Opals
- Prospecting -- Australia
- Mining industry - Gold
- Mining industry - Mine workers
- Mining industry - Exploration
- Mining industry - Opal
- Economic sectors - Pearling
- Lightning Ridge (N NSW SH55-07)
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- Chillagoe (NE Qld SE55-05)
- Queensland Gulf country (Qld SE54)
- Western Australia (WA)
- Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
- White Cliffs (NW NSW SH54-12)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1928
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