Contents: J.F. Hughes p1. Henry Leversha p8. A.C. Yandell p17. W. Gaulton p24. Robert Mitchell p29. James Robertson p43. L. Murphy p50. Thomas Freebody p52. William Ottey p55. Henry Britton p65. Thomas Coggan p71. L.H. Seedorf p77. Thomas Graham p80. Charles Heley p88. Walter Wilson p92. Arthur T. Hodgson p103. George Baker p108. Henry Boyle p114. William Baker p120. Joseph Parker p125. Henry Leversha p129. James Robertson p135. John Greenwood p140. William Ottey p141. W.H. Wilson p154. Thomas Carte p160. Walter Wilson p167. George Robins p174. Mark T. Amos p179. J.C. Brodie p186. Richard Thimbleby p192. Charles Brown p201. William Adams p207. Henrietta C. Walke p212. J.F. Hughes p219. James Dunn p227. Every chapter in this book is a true and colourful picture of the uproarious days when Australia was like a great golden magnet. It consists of the recollections of pioneers on the central goldfields of Victoria, assembled from the 1880s onwards. Written in the pioneers' own words, it provides a unique record of the way in which men and women thought, spoke, and acted during the golden era which had such far-reaching effects on Australian history. Every line of this book rings true because it was written by people who not only witnessed great events in Australian history, but took an active part in them. In Records of the Castlemaine Pioneers, they have left us an intriguing and invaluable historical document.