The exhibition essay on the geographical features, natural resources and productions of the Cook district of Queensland : a gold field from which 53 tons of gold have been taken within four and a half years. Pointing to an auriferous locality in the Cook District, where there is a great probability of the existence of a new alluvial gold field hundreds of miles in extent - Palmer, B. H., active 1879-1947.; International Exhibition, (1879 : Sydney, N.S.W.) (Brisbane, Qld. : Cleghorn & Co., 1879)
Essay for visitors to the Intercolonial and International exhibitions of Brisbane and Sydney of 1879 written in the guise of a showman.
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Keywords: Gold mines and mining -- Queensland -- Cooktown Region; Geology -- Queensland -- Cooktown Region; Queensland -- Industries; Cooktown Region (Qld.) -- Gold discoveries