Tracing mining ancestors : a brief guide to resources in Australia and New Zealand / Shauna Hicks
- Bib ID:
- 6451305
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hicks, Shauna, author
- Description:
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- St Agnes, SA : Unlock the Past, 2014
- ©2014
- 60 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921956430 (paperback)
- Series:
- Unlock the past.
- Summary:
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This guide is for anyone researching their mining ancestors. It provides a starting place with a description of the various resources available with an area by area guide for both Australia and New Zealand.
- Full contents:
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- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Brief history of mining in Australia and New Zealand
- Cultural heritage
- Miner's health
- Resources
- Places
- An international view
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
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- "The guide covers archival and library resources, maps, photographs, newspapers, published works and online resources ... Women are often hard to find in colonial records but sometimes they can be found working and living in mining areas or perhaps as shareholders in local mines. School records can also help to trace the movements of a mining family"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-57) and index.
- Subject:
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- Miners -- Australia -- Genealogy
- Miners -- New Zealand -- Genealogy
- Mineral industries -- Australia -- History
- Mineral industries -- New Zealand -- History
- Mining leases -- Australia -- Indexes
- Occupations - Miners
- Libraries - Reference materials - Indexes
- Research - Methodology and techniques
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Australia -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- New Zealand -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Australia
- New Zealand (NZ)
- Australian
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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