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Main Title:	Gold : the fever that forever changed Australia / David Hill.
Author:	Hill, David, 1947-
Imprint:	William Heinemann, 2010.
Collation:	xiv, 497 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, portriats (some col.), notes bib., index, pbk ; 24 cm.

Summary:	Australia's incredible gold rushes of the mid- to late-1800s produced tremendous wealth and ensured the financial survival of the struggling Australian colonies.
Subject:	Gold mines and mining Social life and customs Economic conditions Gold prospecting European exploration and explorers Eighteen hundreds 1800s
ISBN:	9781741669251 (pbk.)
Notes:	"Bestselling author of 1788"--Cover.

Result	Collection	Location	Shelf No	Status	Notes
	Non-Fiction	Stacks	622.342 HIL	Available

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