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Main Title: Jericho on the Jordan : a Gippsland goldfield history / J.G. Rogers.
Author: Rogers, Janette G.
Imprint: Moe, Vic. : J.G. Rogers, 1998.
Collation: xiv, 317 p. : ill., portraits, bib., index, hbk ; 25 cm.
Subject: Jordan goldfield
Gold mines and mining
General histories
Jericho (Vic.) (Gunaikurnai Country)
Gippsland (Vic.) (Gunaikurnai and Bunurong Country)
ISBN: 0959119140
Notes:
Contents include: Part 1: Towns of the Jordan Valley. Jericho p1. Red Jacket p23. Blue Jacket p33. Violet Town p36. Swinglers, Marshalls, Bells p39. Dry Creek p40. Victor's Quartz p41. B.B. Creek Township p45. Loch Fyne and B.B. Creek settlements p49-50. Part 2: Life on the goldfield. The Royal Mail p53. Religion, churches p57. Schools p64. Social life and sport p76. Law and order p84. Police p87. Crime p92. Chinese p108. McEvoys Track p118. Yarra Track p130. Part 3: Gold discovery on the Jordan. Jordan River diggings p137. Mining in the 1930s depression p171. Official returns p173. Mining registrars p174. Gippsland Mining Board p175. Amalgamated Miners' Association p177. Gold Buyers Licence Act p178. Daily income for miners p178. Jordan mining tracks p180. Hydraulic sluicing on the Jordan p185. Historic sites in the Jordan Valley p193. Part 4: Death on the Jordan. Jericho and Red Jacket cemeteries p199. Burials in Jericho Cemetery p205. Burials in Red Jacket Cemetery p239. Lone graves in the greater Jordan region p267. Endnotes p273. Registrars of births, deaths, marriages for Jericho district p274. Medical men [doctors] p275. Woods Point medical officers p276. Some former Jordan identities p278. Time line [chronology] p287..
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