An iron will : mining at Beaconsfield - 1804 to 1877 / Nigel Burch
- Bib ID:
- 8057344
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Burch, Nigel, author
- Edition:
- 3rd edition.
- Description:
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- [Beaconsfield, Tasmania] : [Nigel Burch], [2018]
- ©2018
- 254 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimilies, maps, portraits ; 27 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780987371362
- Summary:
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"Tasmania's Beaconsfield is nationally known for its gold. Few people realise that before the gold rush of 1877, the Beaconsfield district was the centre of Australia's iron industry. It was here the largest iron smelter in the southern hemisphere was built on the west bank of the Tamar River - forty years before BHP Newcastle! Is it true Beaconsfield was where iron ore was first discovered in Australia? Who came here and what did they find? Is this where the Australian mining industry began? This book documents the events and introduces the people who explored the region from first settlement in 1804. We uncover the lives of forgotten pioneers who made many of Australia’s first mineral discoveries and created industries to extract them and build our nation."--Back cover.
- Notes:
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- Contains information on the following iron companies: Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company, 1872-3, British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company, 1874-8, Ilfracombe Iron Company, 1872-4, Derwent Iron Company, 1873-5, Tamar Hematite Iron Company, 1872-5, Swedish Charcoal Iron Company, 1872-3.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Iron industry and trade -- Australia -- History
- Iron mines and mining -- Tasmania -- Beaconsfield
- Mineral industries -- Tasmania -- Beaconsfield
- Iron smelting -- Tasmania -- Beaconsfield
- Mineralogy -- Tasmania -- History
- Pioneers -- Tasmania -- Beaconsfield Region -- History
- Beaconsfield Region (Tas.) -- History -- 1803-1900
- Beaconsfield (Tas.) -- History -- 1803-1900
- Also Titled:
- Mining at Beaconsfield - 1804 to 1877
- Copyright:
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