Nothing But Gold

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The Diggers of 1852

Robyn Annear

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English

The Text Publishing Company
01 December 1999

Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, and within a year the infant colony was transformed from a sump for convicts to a Land of Opportunity. Robyn Annear’s lively history describes in detail life on the diggings: the mud of winter and dust of summer, the pluckiness of the women and children, the grog shanties, the flies, the mania of mining, the despair and the delirium, and the much hated licensing system which was to culminate in the Eureka Stockade.

'Robyn Annear tells the story of the 1852 gold rushes in imaginative detail ... she tells us how it felt to be there. You find yourself worrying about the problems long ago resolved, sharply aware of the gold diggers' hopes and ordeals, diverted by the high comedy of a chaotic life. Like all good narratives, it looks easy because it is so easily read and enjoyed ... She makes a mosaic out of small moments of experience ... The physical realities of the diggings are evoked, with all the ingenious ways of managing tent space, cooking, guarding gold, finding feed for horses, keeping off wind and rain, ants and mice.' Brenda Niall

By: Robyn Annear
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: illustrated edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9781876485283
ISBN 10: 1876485280
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 01 December 1999
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robyn Annear was born in Melbourne in 1960. She spends her time writing and researching, typing for other people and looking after her family. She is also a part-time bookseller and President of the Friends of the Castlemaine Library.

Reviews for Nothing But Gold: The Diggers of 1852

'History from the inside; wonderfully entertaining.' * Age * 'A welcome addition to Australian history, pointing to badly needed ways in which history can be made more reader-friendly.' * Quadrant *