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Don't Go to the Goldfields by Doug Bradby; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
$4.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
Don't Go to the Goldfields entertainingly explores, through real-life tales, the dangers of going to the Australian goldfields during the time of the gold rush. The sixth in the Seriously History series, this book is written through the narrative of a letter from distraught parents to their children who ...Show more
The Astonishing History of Ballarat 1851-1855 Volume 1 by Doug Bradby; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1851, Ballarat was a tranquil and beautiful valley. By 1855, it had become the thriving centre of the world's largest alluvial goldfield. But how did such a feat occur when at the beginning, diggers had little or no knowledge of where to look for gold or how to extract it from the gravel and quartz?F ...Show more
The Astonishing History of Ballarat. Volume 2. 1856-1883 by Doug Bradby; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
'It was the men who first went below the blue rock who made the reputation of Ballarat.''We have shallow sinking, deep sinking, ground sluicing and quartz mining, and we had to learn everything. All this has been taught us by the pick and shovel of the miner. There have been none to help us, and the kno ...Show more
The Astonishing History of Ballarat. Volume 3. 1851-1878 - The Story of the Quartz Miners of Ballarat by Doug Bradby; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1856, at the height of the alluvial goldrush, Ballarat produced 823,334 ounces of gold. By 1878 the figure was a mere 12,984 ounces. Ballarat was 'on its last legs.' However, in the Black Hill, Llanberris, Temperance and Imperial mines, miners had developed efficient ways to find and extract gold fro ...Show more
The Astonishing History of Ballarat. Volume 4. 1879-1959 - How the Quartz Miners Prolonged Mining in Ballarat by Doug Bradby; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
The Astonishing History of Ballarat, Volume 4, reveals the crucial role played by quartz mining in Ballarat from 1879 until today. Quartz mining only produced about 16% of all gold found in Ballarat, but it saved Ballarat when the alluvial gold petered out in the mid 1870s.
The Incredibly Dangerous and Seriously Weird Race to the Goldfields by Doug Bradby; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
$4.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
'Everyone was in a violent hurry to get to the new Eldorado.'Of course they were, GOLD had been found in Australia. If they could only get to Australia, ?they would not only realise wealth, but riches beyond their wildest dreams.'But what was the fastest way for them to travel the 13,000 miles from Brit ...Show more
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