Download or read book Nomads of the 19th Century Queensland Goldfields written by Lennie Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nomads of the 19th Century Queensland Goldfields written by Lennie Wallace and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Gympie in the south, through Mount Morgan and Canoona on the central coast, to Palmer River and Hodgkinson in the tropical north, the 19th century Queensland goldfields were a magnet for tumultuous swarms of nomadic fossickers. They were also a breeding ground for true leaders of men. ‘Dr Jack’ Hamilton he was one of those natural leaders. He healed the sick and the wounded he was a prodigious bare-knuckle puglist and he fearlessly defended the underdog. Subsequently in 1878 he became a Queensland politician and for the miners rights.
Download or read book Showdown at the Red Lion written by Charles Van Onselen and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johannesburg, South Africa, was ? and is ? the Frontier of Money. Within months of its founding, the mining camp was host to organised crime: the African 'Regiment of the Hills' and 'Irish Brigade' bandits. Bars, brothels, boarding houses and hotels oozed testosterone and violence, and the use of fists and guns was commonplace. Beyond the chaos were clear signs of another struggle, one to maintain control, honour and order within the emerging male and mining dominated culture. In the underworld, the dictum of 'honour among thieves', as well as a hatred of informers, testified to attempts at self-regulation. A 'real man' did not take advantage of an opponent by employing underhand tactics. It had to be a 'fair fight' if a man was to be respected. This was the world that 'One-armed Jack' McLoughlin - brigand, soldier, sailor, mercenary, burglar, highwayman and safe-cracker - entered in the early 1890s to become Johannesburg's most infamous 'Irish' anti-hero and social bandit. McLoughlin's infatuation with George Stevenson prompted him to recruit the young Englishman into his gang of safe-crackers but 'Stevo' was a man with a past and primed for personal and professional betrayal. It was a deadly mixture. Honour could only be retrieved through a Showdown at the Red Lion.
Download or read book Queensland Lords written by Janet Spillman and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward and Eliza Lord came to Moreton Bay in 1844, arriving as the remote convict outpost was opened up for free settlement. Members of Lancashire merchant families, they had invested their inheritances in NSW lands and a Sydney merchant firm, just before the drought and crash of 1841. They moved north to rebuild their fortunes, settling at Kangaroo Point before moving to the Darling Downs to start new commercial interests. Although financial success continued to elude them, the Lord family contributed to the settlement of colonial Queensland. Edward and Eliza’s great-great-grand-daughter, Janet Spillman, explores the way Queensland moulded the Lord family’s lives, and the way family members contributed to the colony’s development.
Download or read book My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields 1903 written by William Craig and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book From Nanango to Cooktown written by Lennie Wallace and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Lady s Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852 53 written by Mrs. Charles Clacy and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Lady's Quest for Gold' by Ellen Clacys is an enthralling tale of her journey to Australia in 1852 with her brother in search of gold. Facing treacherous weather conditions, dangerous bandits, and a multitude of starving prospectors, Clacys' account is a vivid depiction of the hardships of gold digging in the Australian interior. Through her well-written descriptions of the geography, flora, and fauna, readers are transported to the mid-19th century and experience the journey with her.
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Download or read book Australia written by Jeffery Pike and published by Langenscheidt Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insight guides" er reisehåndbøker som skal gi historisk og kulturell forståelse for stedene som skal besøkes. De er kjent for dyptpløyende artikler om kultur, religion, mat, severdigheter osv., og er illustrert med flotte fargefotografier.
Download or read book The Shipwreck of the New Guinea Gold Explorers written by Peter Maiden and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Brig Maria was wrecked on a reef off Hinchenbrook Island, there began a horror story of gale-torn seas, courage, cowardice, endurance, heroism and tragic loss.
Download or read book The Queensland Gold miner in the Late Nineteenth Century written by June Stoodley and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What I Heard Saw and Did at the Australian Gold Fields written by C. Rudston Read and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Miner s Right written by Rolf Boldrewood and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A History of Queensland written by Raymond Evans and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Queensland explores from the time of earliest human habitation up to the present.
Download or read book The Cambridge Economic History of Australia written by Simon Ville and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's economic history is the story of the transformation of an indigenous economy and a small convict settlement into a nation of nearly 23 million people with advanced economic, social and political structures. It is a history of vast lands with rich, exploitable resources, of adversity in war, and of prosperity and nation building. It is also a history of human behaviour and the institutions created to harness and govern human endeavour. This account provides a systematic and comprehensive treatment of the nation's economic foundations, growth, resilience and future, in an engaging, contemporary narrative. It examines key themes such as the centrality of land and its usage, the role of migrant human capital, the tension between development and the environment, and Australia's interaction with the international economy. Written by a team of eminent economic historians, The Cambridge Economic History of Australia is the definitive study of Australia's economic past and present.
Download or read book Early Days in North Queensland written by Edward Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chap. 11; North Queensland Aborigines; Gulf country - raised sleeping benches, wet weather gunyahs; cave drawings near Cooktown, Roper R., ; Limmens Bight; canoes; black magic beliefs; astrology; cannibalism; Foods, fishing (Wide Bay); Class divisions of Yerunthully tribe.
