| Main Title: |
Brandy Creek : how Beaconsfield began / Nigel Burch. |
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| Author: |
Burch, Nigel
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| Imprint: |
[Beaconsfield, Tas.] : Nigel Burch, [2014]. |
| Collation: |
481 pages : illustrations, facsimilies, maps, portraits, paperback ; 27 cm. |
| Summary: |
"The Tasmania Reef was the richest gold discovery anywhere in Australia in the 1870s and 1880s, and Beaconsfield grew to become Tasmania's third biggest town... This book is a first-hand account of the discovery of gold and how the town was established. The narrator is a composite of the writings of around a dozen miners who were there - and describes the mines, the people and the events of the early years, as Beaconsfield grew and changed from a tent city to become a proud, innovative and community-conscious urban society."--Back cover. |
| Subject: |
General histories
Gold mines and mining
Pioneers
Beaconsfield (Tas.)
Tasmania Gold Mining Company Limited
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| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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