Gold, graves & glory, 1850-1880 / Jackie French ; illustrations and cartoons by Peter Sheehan
- Bib ID:
- 7504019
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- French, Jackie, author
- Description:
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- Lindfield, NSW : Omnibus Books from Scholastic Australia, 2018
- ©2006
- 180, [6] pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781742762456 (paperback)
- Series:
- Fair dinkum histories ; 4.
- Summary:
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“There’s gold down there! For 60,000 years the rest of the world had pretty much left Australia and its Aboriginal nations alone. Then it became a home for Britain’s criminals and poor. Now a con man had found gold and suddenly everyone was heading to Australia: adventurers, revolutionaries, camels … Australia would never be the same.”--Back cover.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- For primary school age.
- Subject:
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- Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Pioneers -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- History
- Australian history
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 1851-1891 -- Juvenile literature
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sheehan, Peter, 1964-, author
- Also Titled:
- Gold, graves and glory, 1850-1880
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2006
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